Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Christie's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Side chairs, set of six
	Object number RIF655
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions Height: 38 1/4 in. (97.155 cm) Width: 22 in. (55.88 cm) Height to seat rail: 16 3/4 in. (42.545 cm)
	Date 1755–75
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in Newport, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Black walnut (primary); maple (secondary)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions "I" through "VII," incised on seat and seat rail of each chair; "Brown," in ink, on seat frames of chairs I and VII
	Style Queen Anne, Chippendale
	Provenance Brown family, Providence, Rhode Island. John S. Walton, New York; sold to Henry Francis du Pont, Winterthur, Delaware, 1951; given to the Winterthur Museum, Delaware; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 24, 26, 27, and 30, 1995, lot 1983; sold to John Walton, Inc., Griswold and Jewett City, Connecticut; sold to Ann Holzer (1917–1999) and Philip Holzer (1919–2011), Great Neck, New York; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 20–21, 2012, lot 213
	Associated names Brown family of Providence, Rhode Island Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library Ann Holzer Philip Holzer Sotheby's John S. Walton John Walton, Inc.
	Notes In 1952 Joseph Downs in American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods published these chairs as part of a set of twelve. The set was assembled of two sets of six. The chair illustrated in Downs is from the other set, which lacks the two beaded holes at the center of the splat.
	See also RIF736 RIF832 RIF1864 RIF1865 RIF2013 RIF2333 RIF2884 RIF3086 RIF3087 RIF3358 RIF3556 RIF3730 RIF3822 RIF3989 RIF4884 RIF4885 RIF4887 RIF4954 RIF5635 RIF6653 RIF6654
	Bibliography Philip Holzer, Philip and Ann Holzer Collection Supplement to Catalogue (n.p.: privately printed, 1993), 209–210, no. 82, fig. 82.1–82.2. Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (January 24, 26–27, and 30, 1995), lot 1983, ill. Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Porcelain, Prints, and Carpets, sale cat. (January 20–21, 2012), 153, lot 213, ill. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 268n6. Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver, sale cat. (January 24, 2020), 99, lot 318, ill.