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From: "R.T. Trump & Company advertisement," Antiques 91 (February 1967): 150
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Roundabout chair

Object number

RIF1063

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Walnut (primary)

Provenance

R. T. Trump and Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1967

Associated names

R. T. Trump and Company

Notes

Although 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).

See also

Bibliography

"R. T. Trump and Company advertisement," Antiques 91, no. 2 (February 1967): 150, ill.