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Easy chair |
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Object numberRIF771 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions47 × 37 7/8 in. (119.38 × 96.203 cm) Height, seat rail: 13 1/2 in. (34.29 cm) |
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Date175070 |
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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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MediumMahogany (primary); maple (secondary) |
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ProvenanceGeorge C. Bryant (born 1873) and Florence Adele Farrel Bryant (18771949), Ansonia, Connecticut; by descent to their son; sold to Israel Sack, Inc., New York; sold to Joseph K. Ott (19291994), Providence, Rhode Island, 1959; by descent to his wife Anne Northrup Ott (19292015), Providence, Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 20, 2012, lot 146 |
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Associated namesJoseph K. OttJudge George C. Bryant Mrs. George C. Bryant Christie's Anne Northrop Ott Israel Sack, Inc. |
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BibliographyJoseph K. Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture, exh. cat. (Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965), 2627, no. 24, Detail on p.163, fig.24, ill.Joseph K. Ott, "Some Rhode Island Furniture," Antiques 107, no. 5 (May 1975): 944, fig. 6. Christie's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Ott, sale cat. (January 20, 2012), 4849, lot 146. |