Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy The Chipstone Foundation, Fox Point, Wis., accession no. 1956.7 Click the image to enlarge	Sofa
	Object number RIF596
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 38 � 84 � 33 1/2 in. (96.52 � 213.36 � 85.09 cm)
	Date 1780–1800
	Current location The Chipstone Foundation
	Geography Probably made in Newport, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany (primary); maple, cherry, and pine (secondary)
	Marks Unknown
	Inscriptions Unknown
	Provenance David Stockwell, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; sold to Polly Mariner Stone (1898–1995) and Stanley Stone (1896–1987), Fox Point, Wisconsin, 1956; bequeathed by Stanley Stone to The Chipstone Foundation, Fox Point, Wisconsin, 1987
	Associated names David Stockwell, Inc. Polly Mariner Stone Stanley Stone
	Construction A photograph of the sofa taken before upholstering reveals the following construction features: the crest rail is a single shaped board curving on both sides; the outer front legs extend about 3 inches above the seat rail; the seat rails are tenoned into the corner legs; two curved medial braces are dovetailed to the front and rear seat rails; two vertical rails support the crest rail at the center of the back and are joined to the rear seat rail. Source: Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, American Furniture at Chipstone, (Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984), 222.
	See also RIF916 RIF917
	Bibliography Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, American Furniture at Chipstone (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984), 222–223, no. 103, ill. Stanley Stone, "Rhode Island Furniture at Chipstone, Part II," Antiques 91, no. 4 (April 1967): 510, ill.