Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Christie's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Roundabout chair
	Object number RIF2350
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions Height: 31 in. (78.74 cm)
	Date 1740–60
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Probably made in Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Walnut (primary); maple (slip seat frame)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions None
	Style Chippendale
	Provenance South County Art Association, Kingstown, Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 18–19, 2007, lot 580; Christie's, New York, October 3, 2007, lot 90
	Associated names South County Art Association Christie's
	Construction The crest rail is in three parts?an upper portion, with serpentine profile and incurvate ends, is centered on the middle stile, and joined to the two-part, half-round lower portion, with outset hand holds, by multiple rosehead nails. The two portions of the lower crest are butt-jointed to each other. The turned-stile and leg elements are joined to the straight rear rails and to the serpentine front rails with mortise and tenon joints, each joint showing one wood pin. The two vasiform splats are tenoned into the lower crest rail above and into the rear, rabbeted seat rails below. The connections to the seat rail are reinforced by multiple wood pins. The turned, x-form stretchers are joined in a half-lap joint, reinforced by four rosehead nails. The rails of the slip seat meet in mortise and tenon joints, each with one wood pin. Examined by P.E. Kane, October 5, 2007; notes compiled by T.B. Lloyd
	See also RIF202 RIF1054 RIF3447 RIF4963 RIF6559 RIF6626 RIF5961
	Bibliography Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, and Prints Including American Folk Art from the Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia, sale cat. (October 3, 2007), 66, lot 90, ill. Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Prints, and Decoys, sale cat. (January 18–19, 2007), 296, lot 580, ill. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 382n1.