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Easy chair |
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Object numberRIF754 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions47 × 35 1/2 × 25 in. (119.38 × 90.17 × 63.5 cm) Seat height: 17 1/2 in. (44.45 cm) |
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Date174070 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumBlack walnut (primary); birch (seat rails); chestnut (rear corner blocks) |
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ProvenanceJohn Walton, Inc., Griswold and Jewett City, Connecticut; sold to Ann and Philip Holzer, Great Neck, New York, 1981; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 2021, 2012, lot 212 |
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Associated namesJohn S. Walton, Inc.Ann Holzer Philip Holzer Sotheby's |
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BibliographyPhilip Holzer, Philip and Ann Holzer Collection (n.p.: privately printed, 1990), 6061, no. 21, fig. 21.1.Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Porcelain, Prints, and Carpets, sale cat. (January 2021, 2012), 152, lot 212. |