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Side chairs, pair |
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Object numberRIF3699 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 38 in. (96.52 cm) |
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Date176090 |
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Current locationGary R. Sullivan Antiques, Inc. |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany |
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Inscriptions"II," incised,on seat rail rabbet and slip seat frame of one chair; "VII," incised, on seat rail frame and slip seat frame of second chair |
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ProvenanceJohn Howland Ricketson III (19021986), Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts; consigned to Northeast Auctions, Hampton, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester, New Hampshire), May 29, 1993, lot ;sold to Marguerite Riordan, Stonington, Connecticut; sold to Barbara and Arun Singh, Providence, Rhode Island; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 25, 2020, lot 1083; sold to Gary R. Sullivan Antiques, Inc., Sharon, Massachusetts |
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Associated namesNortheast AuctionsJohn Howland Ricketson III Dr. Arun Singh Barbara Singh Sotheby's Marguerite Riordan |
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See also |
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BibliographyNortheast Auctions, Hampton, N.H., The Collection of John Howland Ricketson III, sale cat. (May 29, 1993), 14, lot 57, ill.Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 348n6. Sotheby's, New York, Triumphant Grace: Important Americana from the Collection of Barbara and Arun Singh, sale cat. (January 25, 2020), lot 1083, ill. Lita Solis-Cohen, "The Singh Sale of Americana," Maine Antique Digest (March 2020): 143, ill. |