Photo: Courtesy Israel Sack, Inc., Archive, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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Roundabout chair |
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Object numberRIF1095 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 31 in. (78.74 cm) Width: 28 in. (71.12 cm) |
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Date174070 |
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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 (primary) |
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ProvenanceIsrael Sack, Inc., New York, 1987 |
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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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See also |
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BibliographyDeanne Levison and Harold Sack, "American Roundabout Chairs," Antiques 139, no. 5 (May 1991): 937, pl. 4, ill.Eleanor H. Gustafson, "Collectors' Notes," Antiques 140, no. 1 (July 1991): 58, ill. American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 195789), vol. 10, p. 79, ill. |