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From: Ralph E. Carpenter, The Arts and Crafts of Newport Rhode Island 1640- 1820 (Newport, R.I.: The Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), 42, cat. no. 16
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Side chair

Object number

RIF2776

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 39 1/2 in. (100.33 cm) Width: 20 3/4 in. (52.705 cm) Height, seat: 18 in. (45.72 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island, or made in Massachusetts
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Medium

Mahogany

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. William B. Thalhimer, by 1953

Associated names

Mr. and Mrs. William Thalhimer

Bibliography

Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640–1820 (Newport, R.I.: Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), 42, no. 16, ill.