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Side chairs, ser of three |
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Object numberRIF2884 |
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MakerMaker, formerly attributed to Thomas Davenport, 16811745Maker Unknown |
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Dimensions38 1/4 × 22 1/4 × 17 in. (97.16 × 56.52 × 43.18 cm) |
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Date174570 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); maple (slip seat frames on two of the three) |
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MarksNone (on two of the three) |
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Inscriptions"VIII," incised, on slip seat, and "II," incised, on rabbet of front seat rail, on left chair in Sotheby's 1985 catalogue; "II," incised, on slip seat, and "III," incised, on rabbet of front seat rail, on right chair in the Sotheby's 1985 catalogue |
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ProvenanceScott Bartlett; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, February 2, 1985, lot 1013; sold to John Walton, Griswold and Jewett City, Connecticut; a pair (left and right in the 1985 Sotheby's catalogue) sold to a private collection |
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Associated namesSotheby'sScott Bartlett John S. Walton, Inc. |
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See also |
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BibliographySotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture: The Collection of Scott Bartlett, sale cat. (February 2, 1985), lot 1013, ill. |