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Fiddle-back armchair

Object number

RIF2223

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

40 1/2 × 23 in. (102.87 × 58.42 cm)

Date

1755–85

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island, or made in Massachusetts
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Maple

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Christie's, New York, January 25, 1986, lot 365

Associated names

Christie's

Bibliography

Christie's, New York, Fine American Furniture, Silver, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (January 25, 1986), 125, lot 365, ill.