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Side chairs, assembled set of seven

Object number

RIF2900

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Newport, Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Walnut

Style

Queen Anne

Provenance

By descent in the Ten Eyck Family, New York; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, June 28 and 30, 1984, lot 696; Sotheby's, January 31 and February 1–2, 1985, lot 889

Associated names

Ten Eyck Family
Sotheby's

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Fine American Furniture, Silver, Porcelain, and Related Decorative Arts, sale cat. (June 28 and 30, 1984), lot 696, ill.
Sotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Chinese Export Porcelain, and Rugs, sale cat. (January 31, February 1–2, 1985), lot 889, ill.