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Fiddle-back armchair

Object number

RIF2816

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1770–1810

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island, or made in Connecticut
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Maple

Style

Queen Anne, Vernacular

Provenance

Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, April 27, 29–30, 1977, lot 908

Associated names

Sotheby Parke Bernet

Construction

According to the Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., sale catalogue, the chair is painted black and the legs are spliced.

Bibliography

Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Americana, sale cat. (April 27, 29–30, 1977), lot 908, ill.