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From: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. 10 (Alexandria, Va.: Highland House Publishers, 1987), 84, pl.9
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Roundabout chair

Object number

RIF1097

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

32 × 27 × 25 in. (81.28 × 68.58 × 63.5 cm)

Date

1755–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Newport, Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Mahogany

Inscriptions

"GIBBS" branded on top of the front leg

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1979

Associated names

Israel Sack, Inc.

Bibliography

American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1989), vol. 6, p. 1655, P4739, ill.; vol. 10, p. 84, pl. 9.
Deanne Levison and Harold Sack, "American Roundabout Chairs," Antiques 139, no. 5 (May 1991): 942, pl. 9, ill.
William C. Ketchum Jr., American Cabinetmakers: Marked American Furniture, 1640-1940 (New York: Crown Publishers, 1995), 133.