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From: National Art Galleries, Inc., American Furniture: The Collections of King Hooper, Inc., Hyman Kaufman & Herbert Lawton, sale cat. (December 3, 4, 5, 1931) 278, lot 510
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Side chair

Object number

RIF2328

Maker

Maker Unknown
Maker, formerly attributed to John Goddard, American, 1723?1785

Date

1760–75

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Mahogany

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Hyman Kaufman (died 1947), Boston, Massachusetts; consigned to National Art Galleries, New York, December 3–5, 1931, lot 510; sold to Edith B. Tranter, Mantor, Kentucky; consigned by her estate to Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, January 17–19, 1952, lot 342

Associated names

Hyman Kaufman
National Art Galleries, Inc.
Edith B. Tranter
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.

Bibliography

National Art Galleries, Inc., New York, American Furniture: The Collections of King Hooper, Inc., Hyman Kaufman and Herbert Lawton, sale cat. (December 3–5, 1931), 278–279, lot 510, ill.
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, American Furniture, Quilts, Coverlets and Decorations: Property of the Estate of the Late Edith B. Tranter and of Other Owners, sale cat. (January 17–19, 1952), 60, lot 342.