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Side chairs, pair

Object number

RIF3036

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 37 3/4 in. (95.885 cm) Width: 17 1/2 in. (44.45 cm)

Date

1750–70

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany

Provenance

Harry Arons Antiques, Inc., Bridgeport, Connecticut; sold to Betty Barton Evans (1923–2013) and Thomas Mellon Evans (1911–1997), New York, 1959; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, June 19, 1998, lot 2132

Associated names

Harry Arons
Sotheby's
Thomas Mellon Evans
Betty Barton Evans

See also

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture from the Collection of the Late Thomas Mellon and Betty Evans, sale cat. (June 19, 1998), lot 2132, ill.