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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KikoBlueEyes, post: 3388397, member: 8363&quot;]<u>James&#039; post</u></p><p>Well, I have never seen the Kiko chair personally or the Tim Naylor chair either so as much as I&#039;d like to discuss construction details ( my fav subject) it&#039;s going to be tough for me to talk about them on these chairs!</p><p>What did Joe Kindig say, anything about the history of this chair?</p><p>My role was to assist in getting a genuine period chair that you didn&#039;t have to give up your firstborn to obtain.</p><p><u>My answer:</u></p><p>Here is what Joe said:</p><p>&quot;Well I got your email and don&#039;t feel I can add any more to it. I bought the chair from Alice Lewis in Easton along with a number of pieces including the pair of Baltimore eagle inlaid dining tables that I sold to Bill Frieling. The chair belonged to Mrs. Lewis and came down in the Vaux family of Philadelphia. It was not part of Reg&#039;s collection but there are pieces in the Blue book that belonged to her family although she had no interest in antiques. I felt there was nothing wrong with the chair but I haven&#039;t looked at it in 45 years. I had it about ten years when Dan bought it. You know what a beating we have taken over the past eight years. Last year the almost mint Philadelphia Queen Anne Walnut chest on chest in New York sold for $16,000 that they paid $110,000 for. I don&#039;t know what to say.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the provenance from Pook &amp; Pook</p><p>A Pennsylvania Chippendale walnut armchair, ca. 1770, with a shell carved crest, pierced splat and shell carved legs, terminating in ball and claw feet. Provenance: Alice Vaux Lewis, Easton, Maryland; Joe Kindig Jr. &amp; Son 1985; The Collection of Daniel Heisler and Mary Jane Sheppard, Lutherville, MD.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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