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Autumn 12 www.antiquesandfineart.com Mahogany and mahogany veneers, primary Birch and Eastern white pine, secondary Brass caster caps and wheels Excellent condition 38¼"h x 83 5/8" w EARLY GRECIAN SCROLLED ARM SOFA Attributed to Thomas Seymour and Thomas Wightman Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1816–1819 Please check our website for continuously updated items. If you wish to receive E-blasts of fresh-to-the-market pieces, please inquire. 39 West Street, Box 1609, Litchfield, Connecticut 06759 860.567.9693 jeffrey@tillouantiques.com www.tillouantiques.com CONTRIBUTORS PUBLISHER AND FOUNDER : EDITOR - IN - CHIEF : EDITOR - AT - LARGE : PRODUCTION DIRECTOR : CREATIVE DIRECTOR : AFANEWS / SOCIAL MEDIA : ASSOCIATE EDITOR : ADVERTISING COORDINATOR : ACCOUNT MANAGER : VP , DEALER RELATIONS : DIRECTOR , NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT : COLOR DIRECTOR : PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR : PRODUCTION ASSISTANT : IS MANAGER : CONTROLLER : John S. Smiroldo Johanna McBrien Jonathan L. Fairbanks Marianne Litty Phil Lajoie Brittany Good Lauren Byrne Patrick Farley Mary Feenan F. John Lapinski A.J. Rossi Rick Marcouillier Curtis Harding Michael Pfister Steve Bendel Thayse Soares TO SUBSCRIBE Call 954.772.1842 4 issues $19.95 (US) 8 issues $29.95 (US) Add $10 per year for Canadian and $40 per year for foreign subscriptions. www.AFAmag.com www.AFAnews.com www.InCollect.com ADVERTISING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE 9 Fowle Street, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, USA 617.926.0004 / 888.922.0004 Jean M. Burks, Curator emerita, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vt. Page 168. Richard M. Candee, Past-professor emeritus, American and New England Studies, Boston University, and past-president of the Portsmouth Historical Society, Portsmouth, N.H. Page 110. Deborah M. Child, Art historian, independent curator, N.H. Page 118. Jeannine Falino, Independent curator. Page 136. Jamie Franklin, Curator at the Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT. Page 160. Brittany M. Good, Communications manager/online editor, InCollect.com. Page 72. Leslie B. Grigsby, Senior curator of ceramics and glass, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, Winterthur, Del. Page 174. Robert A. Leath, Chief curator and vice president of collections and research, Old Salem and MESDA, Winston-Salem, N.C. Page 144. Suzanne Rudnick Payne, Ph.D. and Michael R. Payne, Ph.D., Independent scholars. Page 152. Dale Valena, Curator, University Museum in Dimond Library, University of New Hampshire. Page 110. GeraldW.R.Ward, Senior consulting curator and the Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture Emeritus, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Boston, MA. Page 124.

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