Lot 71: Black-painted Braced Continuous-Arm Windsor Chair, branded "EB Tracy", Lisbon, Connecticut, the black pain...

Black-painted Braced Continuous-Arm Windsor Chair, branded "EB Tracy", Lisbon, Connecticut, the black paint is over the original green with incised crest rail and tail piece, (minor paint wear), ht. 37, seat ht. 17 1/2 in.

Note: Ebenezer Tracy (1744-1803) is considered one of the most prolific Windsor chair makers.

Literature: The Windsor Style in America by Charles Santore pictures a similar chair, p. 112, plate 121.