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Backstool

Object number

RIF1058

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 43 in. (109.22 cm) 15 in. (38.1 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Mahogany

Provenance

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Boston) , June 4, 2006, lot 129

Associated names

Skinner, Inc.

Bibliography

Skinner, Inc., Boston, American Furniture and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (June 4, 2006), 46, lot 129, ill.