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Slat-back Windsor side chairs, set of six |
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Object numberRIF2808 |
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MakerMaker Holmes Weaver, American, 17691848, active 17961848 |
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DimensionsHeight: 32 3/4 in. (83.19 cm) Height, seat, Approx.: 17 in. (43.18 cm) |
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Date182030 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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Marks"HOLMES WEAVER / NEW PORT," branded, on underside of seat |
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ProvenanceSotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 1820, 1976, lot 924. Skinner, Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Bolton, Massachusetts), October 2728, 1989, lot 207 |
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Associated namesSotheby Parke BernetSkinner, Inc. |
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NotesThe chairs are painted light green with worn yellow and olive green striping in outline. |
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BibliographySotheby Parke Bernet, New York, The American Heritage Society Auction of Americana, sale cat. (November 1820, 1976), lot 924, ill.Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Mass., Americana, sale cat. (October 2728, 1989), lot 207. William C. Ketchum Jr., American Cabinetmakers: Marked American Furniture, 1640-1940 (New York: Crown Publishers, 1995), 360-361. |