Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Christie's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Roundabout chair
	Object number RIF1068
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions Height: 31 3/4 in. (80.645 cm)
	Date 1760–80
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in Rhode Island, or made in Massachusetts (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Walnut (primary)
	Style Chippendale
	Provenance John Walton, Inc., Griswold and Jewett City, Connecticut, 1981. Christie's, New York, January 17–18, 1992, lot 501
	Associated names John Walton, Inc. Christie's
	Notes The bulbous tips of the arm supports and the stretchers are like those found on Rhode Island chairs, but the carving of the claw-and-ball foot is more akin to Massachusetts work.
	Bibliography "John S. Walton Antiques, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 120, no. 6 (December 1981): 1258, ill. Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (January 17–18, 1992), 259, lot 501, ill.

Roundabout chair