Photo: Courtesy Skinner, Inc., Boston and Marlborough, Mass.
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Easy chair |
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Object numberRIF737 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions44 1/8 × 32 × 27 in. (112.08 × 81.28 × 68.58 cm) Height, seat: 14 in. (35.56 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyProbably made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); maple (secondary) |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"Jabes Huntington's / chair - from Edith / (Huntington) Wilson, " engraved on a copper tag on the inside of one leg; illegible inscription, in chalk, on rear surface of crest; loops, in graphite, on rear surface of crest, exterior wings, and exterior wing supports |
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ProvenanceGeneral Jabez Huntington (17191786), Norwich, Connecticut; by descent Jedediah Huntington (17431818), Norwich, Connecticut; by descent to his son, Jabez Huntington (17671848), Norwich, Connecticut; by descent to Edith Huntington Wilson (18691939). Clifford Everett Hale Whitlock (19122003), New Haven, Connecticut. Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts, June 5, 2005, lot 82. Private collection, New England. Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Windsor, Connecticut, October 11, 2008, lot 60; private collection, 2008 |
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Associated namesSkinner, Inc.Jabez Huntington Edith Huntington Wilson Nadeau's Auction Gallery Jedediah Huntington Jabez Huntington, Jr. Clifford Everett Hale Whitlock Private Collection |
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BibliographySkinner, Inc., Boston, American Furniture and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (June 5, 2005), 29, lot 82."Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Inc., advertisement," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (August 8, 2008): 127, ill. |