Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Christie's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Side chairs, pair
	Object number RIF852
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 38 3/4 � 22 1/4 � 21 in. (98.425 � 56.515 � 53.34 cm)
	Date 1745–65
	Current location Private collection
	Geography Probably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Newport, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Walnut (primary)
	Marks Unknown
	Inscriptions Unknown
	Style Queen Anne Style, Chippendale
	Provenance By descent from the original owner to Mrs. Lowell Bigelow, Boston and Los Angeles. Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York. Christie's, New York, January 20–21, 1989, lot 734. Sallie T. Clark, Raleigh, North Carolina; consigned by her estate to Christie's, New York, October 24, 1992, lot 194. G. K. S. Bush, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1993
	Associated names Mrs. Lowell Bigelow Leigh Keno American Antiques Christie's Sallie T. Clark G. K. S. Bush, Inc.
	See also RIF238 RIF841 RIF853 RIF957 RIF1498 RIF1591 RIF1632 RIF3054 RIF3281 RIF4445 RIF4649 RIF4685 RIF6644
	Bibliography "Leigh Keno American Furniture advertisement," Antiques 136, no. 3 (September 1989): 368, ill. Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (October 24, 1992), 106–107, lot 194. "G. K. S. Bush, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 143, no. 5 (May 1993): 642. Christie's New York, New York, Fine American Furniture, Silver, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (January 20–21, 1989), 271, lot 734, ill.