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Side chair

Object number

RIF3893

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

40 3/8 × 21 3/4 in. (102.553 × 55.245 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

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

Walnut

Provenance

Bayard Ewing (1916–1991) and Harriet K. Ewing, Providence, Rhode Island; consigned by her to Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester, New Hampshire), October 31 and November 1–2, 2003, lot 1523

Associated names

Northeast Auctions
Bayard Ewing
Harriet K. Ewing

See also

Bibliography

Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, N.H., New Hampshire Weekend Auction, sale cat. (October 31–November 2, 2003), 178, lot 1523, ill.
John T. Kirk, American Furniture and the British Tradition to 1830 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982), 245, fig. 814.
John T. Kirk, American Chairs: Queen Anne and Chippendale (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972), 128, fig. 158.