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From: Ralph E. Carpenter, The Arts and Crafts of Newport Rhode Island 1640- 1820 (Newport, Rhode Island: The Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), 41, cat. no. 15
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Side chair

Object number

RIF864

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

39 1/4 × 20 1/2 in. (99.695 × 52.07 cm) Height, seat: 17 in. (43.18 cm)

Date

1780–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Possibly made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany

Provenance

Israel Sack, Inc., New York; sold to Cornelius C. Moore (1885–1970), Newport, Rhode Island, prior to 1970; consigned by his estate to Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, October 30, 1971, lot 109

Associated names

Israel Sack, Inc.
Cornelius C. Moore
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.

Bibliography

Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640–1820 (Newport, R.I.: Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), 41, no. 15, ill.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, Important American Furniture: Property from the Estate of the Late Cornelius C. Moore, sale cat. (October 30, 1971), 33, lot 109, ill.