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Side chair

Object number

RIF3567

Maker

Maker, formerly attributed to John Goddard, American, 1723–1785
Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 41 in. (104.14 cm) Seat height: 17 in. (43.18 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Newport, Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Walnut (primary)

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, January 28, 30–31, 1994, lot 1110. Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Bolton, Massachusetts), March 24, 1996, lot 366

Associated names

Skinner, Inc.
Sotheby's

Bibliography

Skinner, Inc., Bolton, Mass., American Furniture and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (March 24, 1996), 89, 366.
Sotheby's, New York, Fine Americana, sale cat. (January 28, 30–31, 1994), lot 1110, ill.