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Side chair

Object number

RIF3567

Maker

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

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)

Style

Queen Anne

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

Sotheby's
Skinner, Inc.

Bibliography

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