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Slat-back side chair

Object number

RIF2376

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1725–75

Current location

Hunt House Museum

Geography

Made in Providence, Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple (posts); oak (slats)

Provenance

Mary and Sidney Sharpe, Rhode Island; by descent to their granddaughter, Judith Sharpe, Rhode Island; given to the John Hunt House, East Providence, Rhode Island, 2002

Associated names

Sidney Sharpe
Mary Sharpe
Judith Sharpe