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Side chair

Object number

RIF3410

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

41 7/8 × 20 3/4 × 16 in. (106.36 × 52.71 × 40.64 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Denver Art Museum

Geography

Probably made in Newport, Rhode Island, or possibly made in Boston
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Mahogany (primary); maple (secondary)

Provenance

Denver Art Museum, Colorado, 2007

See also

Bibliography

Milo M. Naeve, "A New England Chair Design of 1730-1760 and Attributions to the Job Townsends of Newport," Newport History: Bulletin of the Newport Historical Society 72 (Spring 2003): 13–17, charts I–IV .