Photo: Courtesy Israel Sack, Inc., Archive, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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Roundabout chair |
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Object numberRIF1050 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 30 1/2 in. (77.47 cm) Width: 24 in. (60.96 cm) |
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Date174060 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut |
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ProvenanceIsrael Sack, Inc., New York, 1987 and 1991 |
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Associated namesIsrael Sack, Inc. |
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NotesAlthough chairs of this type have been attributed to Rhode Island in the past, they were probably made in Massachusetts. The arm supports with cone-shaped ends and the stretchers with elongated ogee shapes at the junction with the legs are like those on a corner chair at Winterthur with a well documented history in Massachusetts (RIF2695). The arms also lack the distinctive pointed peeks behind the hand holds that are a feature of Rhode Island chairs of this type (RIF2859). |
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Bibliography"Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 140, no. 1 (July 1991): 35, ill.American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 195789), vol. 10, p. 2649, P2387, ill. |