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Roundabout chair

Object number

RIF3091

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 31 1/2 in. (80.01 cm) Width across arms: 29 in. (73.66 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Possibly made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Walnut (primary)

Provenance

Israel Sack, Inc., New York; sold to Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899–1981), New York; consigned by his estate to Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, January 30, 1982, lot 1118

Associated names

Sotheby Parke Bernet
Joseph H. Hirshhorn

Bibliography

Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Important American Furniture: The Collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, sale cat. (January 30, 1982), lot 1118, ill.
Albert Sack, The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York: Crown Publishers, 1993), 65, ill.