18TH C ANTIQUE QUEEN ANNE TIGER MAPLE ROUNDABOUT / CORNER CHAIR W/ RUSH SEAT

  With our highest compliments and utmost honors, Bay Colony Antiques is proud to bring to market this fantastic 18th century antique Queen Anne Tiger Maple corner / roundabout chair. We encounter a fair amount of early Queen Anne & Chippendale roundabout chairs but only purchase a select few each year. When this chair was made it wouldn’t have excited many people as they were traditionally crafted in Mahogany or Walnut with complex splats & either pad or ball & claw feet. This is a country made piece by a skilled cabinet maker who must have been familiar with the trendy new design but didn’t have the experience or a sufficient enough market to perfect it. The chair has a rush seat that’s completely useable and intact and features simple turnings on the legs with bulbous stretchers. We absolutely adore this chair and would recommend it without any hesitation to even the most discriminatory furniture collectors. When the chair was originally made this would have been a cheap