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Armchair and two side chairs

Object number

RIF3231

Maker

Maker Unknown
Maker, possibly by Thomas Howard, Jr., 1774?1833
Alternate name(s): Thomas Howard

Dimensions

Side chairs: 36 × 21 1/4 × 17 3/4 in. (91.44 × 53.975 × 45.085 cm); armchair 35 1/4 × 21 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (89.5 × 54.6 × 44.5 cm)

Date

1795–1810

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island, or made in New York
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Mahogany

Style

Hepplewhite, Federal

Provenance

Christie's, New York, June 23, 1993, lot 164 (side chairs). Christie's, New York, October 23, 1993, lot 228 (armchair)

Associated names

Christie's

See also

Bibliography

Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (October 23, 1993), 108, lot 228, ill.
Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (June 23, 1993), 95, lot 164, ill.