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From: Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye, New England Furniture: The Colonial Era (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1984), 354 Click the image to enlarge	Side chair
	Object number RIF838
	Maker Maker, formerly attributed to John Goddard, American, 1723–1785 Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 41 � 22 � 16 9/16 in. (104.14 � 55.88 � 42.069 cm) Seat height: 17 1/2 in. (44.45 cm)
	Date 1750–65
	Current location Historic New England (www.historicnewengland.com), formerly Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
	Geography Probably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Soft maple
	Provenance Charles Barrett, Sr., (1740–1808), Concord, Massachusetts, and New Ipswich, New Hampshire; by descent to his son, Charles Barrett, Jr., (1773–1836), New Ipswich, New Hampshire; by descent to his son, George Barrett (1801–1862), New Ipswich, New Hampshire; by descent to his son, George Robert Barrett (1844–1916), New Ipswich, New Hampshire; by descent to his stepdaughter, Caroline Barr Wade; given to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (now Historic New England), Boston,1958
	Associated names Charles Barrett, Sr. Caroline Barr Wade Charles Barrett Jr. George Barrett George Robert Barrett
	Construction The rails of the loose seat frame are thick (1 1/8 inches), and the front rail is numbered by large chisel marks; both characteristics are found on chairs no. 98 and 99 (see III-29). No corner blocks were ever present. Sometime before 1948, the chair was stripped and refinished. Otherwise it is in excellent condition. All elements are original including the loose seat; the leather upholster is modern. Source: Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye. ,New England Furniture: The Colonial Era (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984), 355.
	See also RIF2640
	Bibliography Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye, New England Furniture: The Colonial Era (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984), 354–355, no. 97, ill. Ellen Fineberg, "Barrett House, New Ipswich, New Hampshire," Antiques 129, no. 3 (March 1986): 646, referenced in pl. III.