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Side chairs, set of four |
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Object numberRIF3995 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions42 1/2 × 20 3/4 × 16 5/8 in. (107.95 × 52.705 × 42.228 cm) |
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Date1740–1760 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts, Possibly made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); maple, birch, and beech (slip seat frame) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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StyleQueen Anne |
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ProvenanceHarry Arons, Ansonia, Connecticut; sold to Joseph K. Ott (1929–1994), Providence, Rhode Island, 1964; by descent to his wife Anne Ott, Providence, Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 20, 2012, lot 151. Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 9–10, 2013, lot 73 |
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Associated namesHarry AronsJoseph K. Ott Anne Northrop Ott Christie's Northeast Auctions |
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See also |
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BibliographyJoseph K. Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture, exh. cat. (Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965), 4–5, no. 3, Detail on p.162, fig. 3, ill.Joseph K. Ott, "The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture," Antiques 87, no. 5 (May 1965): 564–565, fig. 1. John T. Kirk, American Chairs: Queen Anne and Chippendale (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972), 129, fig. 161. Joseph K. Ott, "Some Rhode Island Furniture," Antiques 107, no. 5 (May 1975): 949, fig. 12. David B. Warren et al., American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1998), 22. Joan Barzilay Freund and Leigh Keno, "The Making and Marketing of Boston Seating Furniture in the Late Baroque Style," American Furniture (1998): 38, fig. 19. Christie's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Ott, sale cat. (January 20, 2012), 60–61, lot 151. Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, N.H., Important Weekend Auction, sale cat. (March 9–10, 2013), 26, lot 73. |
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