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Side chair

Object number

RIF3728

Maker

Maker Unknown

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

Mahogany

Provenance

Northeast Auctions, Hampton, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester, New Hampshire), November 5–6, 1994, lot 487. Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester), August 2–3, 1997, lot 814; sold to sold to Pam and James Alexander, Michigan and later New York; consigned to Skinner, Boston and Marlborough, Massachusetts, August 13, 2017, lot 134

Associated names

Northeast Auctions
James Alexander
Pam Alexander
Skinner, Inc.

Bibliography

Northeast Auctions, Hampton, N.H., New Hampshire Auction: Important American Furniture, sale cat. (November 5–6, 1994), 29, lot 487, ill.
Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, N.H., New Hampshire Auction: Important American Furniture, sale cat. (August 2–3, 1997), cover, 76, lot 814.
Skinner, Inc., Boston and Marlborough, Mass., August Americana, sale cat. (August 13, 2017), 31, lot 134, ill.