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Easy chair |
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Object numberRIF3124 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 48 in. (121.92 cm) Height of seat: 18 in. (45.72 cm) |
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Date175070 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMaple and walnut |
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StyleQueen Anne |
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ProvenanceAndrew D. Wolfe (19221999), Pittsford, New York; consigned by his estate to Sotheby's, New York, January 20, 2001, lot 72 |
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Associated namesAndrew D. WolfeSotheby's |
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NotesThe unchamfered rear legs, thickness of the medial stretcher, and stockiness of the cabriole legs suggest a Rhode Island origin. |
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BibliographySotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture and Folk Art from the Estate of Andrew D. Wolfe, sale cat. (January 20, 2001), 34, lot 72, ill.Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 351n5. |