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Easy chair

Object number

RIF1933

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height (overall): 46 1/2 in. (118.11 cm) Height (seat to top of seat rail): 13 1/4 in. (33.66 cm) Width (at seat): 30 in. (76.2 cm) Width (at seat back): 24 3/4 in. (62.87 cm) Width (at arms): 33 1/4 in. (84.46 cm) Width (at feet): 32 in. (81.28 cm) Width (at seat): 22 in. (55.88 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Walnut (primary); maple (secondary)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York, 1991. Christie's, New York, January 26–27, 1995, lot 131

Associated names

Leigh Keno American Antiques
Christie's

Construction

The chair retains the original webbing, stuffing and foundation cloth on the back, arms and wings and on the left wing and arm, the original yellow moreen show cover.

See also

Bibliography

Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (January 26–27, 1995), 65, lot 131, ill.
"Leigh Keno American Furniture advertisement," Antiques 140, no. 5 (November 1991): 672, ill.