costly CHAIR: This whalebone chair is probably American. It had mortise-and-tenon joints and


December 7, 2008 at 12:00a.m.

costly CHAIR: This whalebone chair is probably American. It had mortise-and-tenon joints and whalebone pins. The style is similar to chairs from the 1810-1830 period. It sold in November at Bonhams in Australia for $56,742.