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Easy chair

Object number

RIF3014

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Medium

Mahogany

Provenance

Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, January 26 and 28, 1984, lot 833

Associated names

Sotheby Parke Bernet
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Kreiselman

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture, Decorations, Silver, and Chinese Export Porcelain, sale cat. (January 26 and 28, 1984), lot 833, ill.