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Easy chair |
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Object numberRIF1676 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 48 in. (121.92 cm) |
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Date176080 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut |
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ProvenanceChristie's, New York, June 24, 1991, lot 273 |
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Associated namesChristie's |
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NotesThe flat feet with deeply cushioned pads are uncommon in Rhode Island, but are associated with Massachusetts furniture, see for instance Nancy E. Richards and Nancy Goyne Evans, New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods (Winterthur, Delaware: Winterthur Publications, 1997), no. 7. |
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BibliographyChristie's, New York, American Furniture, Silver, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (June 25, 1991), 168, lot 267, ill. |