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Side chair

Object number

RIF3737

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1780–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

By descent in the Briggs family, Charlestown, Massachusetts, and Newport, Rhode Island; sold to John Walton, Inc., Griswold and Jewett City, Connecticut, 1981. Northeast Auctions, Hampton, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester, New Hampshire), August 6–7, 1994, lot 569

Associated names

Briggs Family
John S. Walton, Inc.
Northeast Auctions

Bibliography

Northeast Auctions, Hampton, N.H., New Hampshire Auction: Important Americana, Folk Art, English and Continental Furniture, Clocks, Paintings, Decorative Arts and Oriental Rugs, sale cat. (August 6–7, 1994), 50, lot 569, ill.