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Easy chair

Object number

RIF754

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

47 × 35 1/2 × 25 in. (119.38 × 90.17 × 63.5 cm) Seat height: 17 1/2 in. (44.45 cm)

Date

1740–70

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Black walnut (primary); birch (seat rails); chestnut (rear corner blocks)

Provenance

John 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 20–21, 2012, lot 212

Associated names

John S. Walton, Inc.
Ann Holzer
Philip Holzer
Sotheby's

Bibliography

Philip Holzer, Philip and Ann Holzer Collection (n.p.: privately printed, 1990), 60–61, no. 21, fig. 21.1.
Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Porcelain, Prints, and Carpets, sale cat. (January 20–21, 2012), 152, lot 212.