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Side chairs, pair |
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Object numberRIF3296 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 40 in. (101.6 cm) |
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Date174060 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Boston, Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut |
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InscriptionsEach chair bears a small brass plaque with the following inscription: "Actor Patten and Jane McLellan 1766, Rachel Patten 1835, Rachel Jane Elwell 1874." |
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ProvenanceJane McLellan Patten and Actor Patten, Bath and Topsham, Maine, about 1766; by descent to their daughter, Mrs. William Patten (née Rachel Patten); by descent to her daughter, Rachel Jane Elwell; by descent to her son, William Patten Elwell; by descent to Theodore Stulb Elwell; by descent to Mary Dickie, Charlottesville, Virginia; consigned by her to Sotheby's, New York, October 22, 1988, lot 389; sold to Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1988 |
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Associated namesSotheby'sActor Patten Rachel Patten Theodore Stulb Elwell William Patten Elwell Rachel Jane Elwell Mrs. Mary W. Dickie Israel Sack, Inc. |
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BibliographySotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Folk Paintings, and Silver, sale cat. (October 22, 1988), lot 389, ill.American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 195789), vol. 9, p. 2465, no. P6114, ill. |