Lot 28: Rare Invalid’s Chair

Estimate: $2,000 – $4,000

Maple, natural finish, three slats, sloping shaped arms, early rush seat, posts are fitted onto notched supports, extended with a footrest board in front, all on brass castors, Watervliet or New Lebanon, NY, c. 1840, 15” seat h, 39 1/4” overall h, 19 1/2” w (footrest), 22” d, (Ed Clerk collection; Flo and Howard Fertig collection).

Note:
Purchased by the Fertig’s from Ed Clerk in the 1980’s.