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Fan-back Windsor side chair |
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Object numberRIF898 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Date178090 |
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Current locationNewport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island |
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GeographyProbably made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumPine (seat) |
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ProvenancePart of furnishings of Lawtondale Farm, Thornton, Rhode Island, home of the descendants of cabinetmaker Robert Lawton, Jr., Newport, Rhode Island, and Christopher Robinson, South Kingstown, Rhode Island; sold to Joseph K. Ott (19291994), Providence, Rhode Island, before November 1969; by descent to his wife Anne Northrup Ott (19292015), Providence, Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 20, 2012, lot 171; sold to Newport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island |
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Associated namesJoseph K. OttDescendants of Christopher Robinson of South Kingston Descendants of Robert Lawton of Newport Christie's Anne Northrop Ott |
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NotesThis Windsor chair was found with RIF 4482 at Lawtondale Farm, Thornton, R.I. |
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BibliographyJoseph K. Ott, "Exports of Furniture, Chaises, and Other Wooden Forms from Providence and Newport, 17831795," Antiques 107, no. 1 (January 1975): 137, ill.Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Chairs (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996), 253, fig. 6-22. Joseph K. Ott, "Still More Notes on Rhode Island Cabinetmakers and Allied Craftsmen," Rhode Island History 28, no. 4 (November 1969): 120, fig. 2. Robert Bishop, How to Know American Antique Furniture (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1973), 98, fig. 119. Christie's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Ott, sale cat. (January 20, 2012), 92, lot 171. |