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Easy chair

Object number

RIF3787

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Rhode Island, or possibly made in Massachusetts
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Mahogany

Provenance

Northeast Auctions, Hampton, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester, New Hampshire), November 2–3, 1996, lot 414

Associated names

Northeast Auctions

Notes

The unchamfered rear legs, thickness of the medial stretcher and stoutness of the front legs suggest a Rhode Island origin.

Bibliography

Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, N.H., Important American Furniture, sale cat. (November 2–3, 1996), 4, lot 414, ill.