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Side chair

Object number

RIF3973

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 40 in. (101.6 cm)

Date

1740–1760

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

Walnut (primary); maple (secondary)

Provenance

Israel Sack, Inc., New York; sold to George Waterman, Jr.; consigned to Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, January 30–February 1, 1975, lot 1027; sold to Marian M. (died 1998) and James L. Britton, Jr. (1908–1988), Houston; consigned by her estate to Christie's, New York, January 16, 1999, lot 577

Associated names

George Waterman, Jr.
Israel Sack, Inc.
Sotheby Parke Bernet
Christie's
James L. Britton, Jr.
Marian M. Britton

Bibliography

John T. Kirk, American Chairs: Queen Anne and Chippendale (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972), 131, fig. 164.
John T. Kirk, American Furniture and the British Tradition to 1830 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982), 242, no. 796, ill.
Elisabeth Donaghy Garrett, "A Houston Collection of American Antiques," Antiques 108, no. 3 (September 1975): 503, fig. 1.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Americana, sale cat. (January 30–February 1, 1975), lot 1027, ill.
Christie's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Britton, sale cat. (January 16, 1999), 63, lot 577.