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Side chair

Object number

RIF3195

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

38 3/4 × 21 3/4 × 17 3/4 in. (98.425 × 55.245 × 45.085 cm)

Date

1780–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany

Provenance

Peter Jouvet Lee (1825–1889), Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to his son, William Lee; by descent to his niece, Mary Ella Thompson Ross; by descent to her daughter, Margaret Lee Ross Causey; consigned by her to Christie's, New York, January 22–23, 1993, lot 564. Christie's East, New York, June 22, 1993, lot 187

Associated names

Peter Jouvet Lee
William Lee
Mary Ella Thompson Ross
Margaret Lee Ross Causey
Christie's

Bibliography

Christie's East, New York, American Furniture, Paintings, and Decorative Objects, sale cat. (June 22, 1993), lot 187, ill.
Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (January 22–23, 1993), lot 564, ill.