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Side chairs, pair

Object number

RIF3043

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height of tallest chair: 40 in. (101.6 cm)

Date

1790–1810

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island, Possibly made in Providence, Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Mahogany

Inscriptions

"Arnold John St." in ink on the rear rail of one chair

Style

Hepplewhite, Federal

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, January 16–17, 1999, lot 811

Associated names

Sotheby's

See also

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, Furniture, and Folk Art, sale cat. (January 16–17, 1999), 300, 302, lot 811, ill.