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Slat-back highchair

Object number

RIF3449

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 40 in. (101.6 cm)

Date

1720–50

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in New England, Possibly made in Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Maple

Style

Vernacular

Provenance

Horace Porter (died 1989), South Windsor, Connecticut, before 1989. Marguerite and Arthur Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut, by 2008; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 19, 2008, lot 634

Associated names

Horace Porter
Arthur Riordan
Marguerite Riordan
Christie's

Bibliography

Christie's, New York, The Collection of Marguerite and Arthur Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut, sale cat. (January 18, 2008), 106, lot 634, ill.