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Easy chair

Object number

RIF3691

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 46 in. (116.84 cm)

Date

1750–75

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Walnut

Style

Queen Anne

Provenance

John Howland Ricketson III (1902–1986), Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts; consigned to Northeast Auctions, Hampton, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester, New Hampshire), May 29, 1993, lot 85

Associated names

John M. Walton
John Howland Ricketson III
Northeast Auctions

Bibliography

Northeast Auctions, Hampton, N.H., The Collection of John Howland Ricketson III, sale cat. (May 29, 1993), 33, lot 85, ill.