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From: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. 2 (Alexandria, Va.: Highland House Publishers, 1969): 337, no. 839
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Side chair

Object number

RIF1571

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

40 7/8 × 22 3/8 in. (103.82 × 56.83 cm) Height of seat rail: 16 1/2 in. (41.91 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Private collection

Geography

Probably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany; pine (corner blocks), maple (seat frame, tertiary)

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1966

Associated names

Israel Sack, Inc.

Bibliography

American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1989), vol. 2, p. 337, no. 839, ill.
John T. Kirk, American Chairs: Queen Anne and Chippendale (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972), 134, fig. 170.
Albert Sack, The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York: Crown Publishers, 1993), 34, ill.