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Side chair

Object number

RIF906

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height, back: 39 1/2 in. (100.33 cm) Width: 20 1/2 in. (52.07 cm) Height, seat: 18 in. (45.72 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Boston or Newport
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Walnut

Provenance

David Stockwell, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, 1959. Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. (1909–2009), Newport, Rhode Island. Bertram D. Coleman (1919–1976), Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania; by descent to his wife Mrs. Bertram D. Coleman (née Trishie Pratt); Christie's, New York, January 16, 1998, lot 237

Associated names

Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr.
Bertram D. Coleman
Mrs. Bertram D. Coleman
Christie's
David Stockwell, Inc.

See also

Bibliography

Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640–1820 (Newport, R.I.: Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), 36, no. 10, ill.
Lita Solis-Cohen, "Living with Antiques: The Bryn Mawr Home of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Dawson Coleman," Antiques 89, no. 4 (April 1966): 575, ill.
Christie's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram D. Coleman, sale cat. (January 16, 1998), 75, lot 237, ill.