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THE SCHUYLER-VAN RENSSELAER QUEEN ANNE CARVED AND FIGURED WALNUT SIDE CHAIR
Lot 110 Property from the New Jersey Historical Society

THE SCHUYLER-VAN RENSSELAER QUEEN ANNE CARVED AND FIGURED WALNUT SIDE CHAIR

CARVING ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN WELCH, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1740-1750

Closed29 September 2010

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THE SCHUYLER-VAN RENSSELAER QUEEN ANNE CARVED AND FIGURED WALNUT SIDE CHAIR
CARVING ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN WELCH, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 1740-1750
38½ in. high

Probable early ownership:
John Van Cortlandt (1721-1786) and his wife Hester Bayard (1730-1808), New York City and Belleville, New Jersey
Stephen Van Cortlandt (1750-1839), Belleville, son
Elizabeth (Van Cortlandt) Van Rensselaer (1787-1868), Belleville, daughter
Stephen Van Cortlandt Van Rensselaer (1836-1885), Belleville, grandson
Documented ownership:
Mrs. Sarah Van Rensselaer (nee Sarah Jauncey Schuyler) (1838-1925), Belleville and Arlington, New Jersey, wife
Alonzo Church (b. 1870), Newark, New Jersey, by gift
Mary Robbins Church (1869-1939), Newark, New Jersey, sister
New Jersey Historical Society, 1939 to present, by bequest

Specialist note

For additional information, see catalogue note for previous lot.