From: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. 10 (Alexandria, Va.: Highland House Publishers, 1987): 2573
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Chairs, two armchairs and two side chairs |
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Object numberRIF1100 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight, armchairs: 38 3/4 in. (98.425 cm) Height, side chairs: 37 3/4 in. (95.885 cm) Width: 23 1/2 in. (59.69 cm) |
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Date177090 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany |
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ProvenanceOriginally owned by Christopher Champlin (17311805), Newport, Rhode Island; by descent in the Champlin family, possibly to Mrs. Oliver Hazard Perry (née Elizabeth Champlin Mason, 17911858); sold at the sale of the contents of the Perry House, Parade (Washington Square) Newport, Rhode Island, 1858; purchased by the King family of Newport, Rhode Island, and Albany, New York; by descent in the King family, Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to the Misses King, Newport, Rhode Island, by 1947. Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1990 |
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Associated namesIsrael Sack, Inc.King family |
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ConstructionThe arms are screwed to the stiles and the countersunk holes are plugged. The arm supports are joined to the top of the stop-fluted front legs by pinned mortise-and-tenon joints. Source: Harold Sack and Deanne Levison, "Queen Anne and Chippendale Armchairs in America,"Antiques 137, no. 5 (May 1990): 1174. |
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BibliographyJoseph Downs, "The Furniture of Goddard and Townsend," Antiques 52, no. 6 (December 1947): 430, fig. 9."Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 136, no. 6 (December 1989): inside cover, ill. Harold Sack and Deanne Levison, "Queen Anne and Chippendale Armchairs in America," Antiques 137, no. 5 (May 1990): 11731174, pl. VIII. American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 195789), vol. 10, p. 2573, no. P6225, ill. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 376n2. |