Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

From: Ralph E. Carpenter, The Arts and Crafts of Newport Rhode Island 1640- 1820 (Newport, Rhode Island: The Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), 44 Click the image to enlarge	Side chair, one of a set of six
	Object number RIF1865
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions Height: 38 1/2 in. (97.79 cm) Width: 21 in. (53.34 cm) Height, seat: 18 1/2 in. (46.99 cm)
	Date 1750–70
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Found in Wickford, Rhode Island, Made in Newport, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Walnut (primary); maple (slip seat frames)
	Inscriptions "I" through "VI," incised, on chair front rail rabbets and on corresponding slip seats
	Provenance Found in Wickford, Rhode Island; John S. Walton, New York; sold to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., Scarsdale, New York, 1953; by descent to Roberta L. Carpenter, Newport (1938–2019), Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 24, 2020, lot 318
	Associated names Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. Roberta L. Carpenter Christie's John S. Walton, Inc.
	See also RIF655 RIF736 RIF832 RIF1864 RIF2013 RIF2333 RIF2884 RIF3086 RIF3087 RIF3358 RIF3556 RIF3730 RIF3822 RIF3989 RIF4884 RIF4885 RIF4887 RIF4954 RIF5635 RIF6653 RIF6654
	Bibliography Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640–1820 (Newport, R.I.: Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), 44, no. 18, ill. Laura Beach, "The Past Is Present in Newport: A Couple's Lifelong Love of Antiques," Antiques and Fine Art 6, no. 2 (Summer 2005): 114, 116–117, ill. Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., "Mowbra Hall and a Collection of Period Rooms: Part I," Connoisseur 180 (June 1972): 78, ill. Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., "Mowbra Hall and a Collection of Period Rooms: Part 2," Connoisseur (August 1972): 289, ill. Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver, sale cat. (January 24, 2020), 98–99, lot 318, ill.