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Roundabout chair |
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Object numberRIF1066 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 31 3/4 in. (80.645 cm) Width: 29 in. (73.66 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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MediumMahogany (primary) |
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ProvenanceIsrael Sack, Inc., New York, 1939; sold to Charles K. Davis, Fairfield, Connecticut, by 1941; sold by his estate to Israel Sack, Inc., New York, by 1974. Private collection, Pennsylvania; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 2829 and 31, 1987, lot 1351 |
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Associated namesIsrael Sack, Inc.Charles K. Davis Sotheby's |
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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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BibliographyMichael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport: The Townsends and Goddards (Tenafly, N.J.: MMI Americana Press, 1984), 259, fig. 6.6."Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 110, no. 3 (September 1976): inside cover, ill. "Antiques in Domestic Settings: The Home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles K. Davis," Antiques 39, no. 3 (March 1941): 126127, fig. 20. Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (January 2829, 31, 1987), lot 1351, ill. Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York: Crown Publishers, 1950), 75, ill. American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 195789), vol. 5, p. 131, no. P4344, ill. |