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Banister-back side chair

Object number

RIF762

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 45 1/2 in. (115.57 cm) Height, seat: 16 1/2 in. (41.91 cm)

Date

1710–40

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Rhode Island
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Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Boston), August 14, 2005, lot 31. Gustave J. S. White Company, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, November 2005

Associated names

Skinner, Inc.
Gustave J. S. White, Inc.

Notes

Old black paint and evidence of later gilt accents

Bibliography

Skinner, Inc., Boston, Country Americana, sale cat. (August 14, 2005), 13–14, lot 31, ill.
Jackie Sideli, "Bricher Painting Tops Rhode Island Auction," Maine Antique Digest (November 2005): 22–E, ill.