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Side chair with husk splat [no illustration]

Object number

RIF4098

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1790–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany

Style

Sheraton, Federal

Provenance

Willoughby Farr, Edgewater, New Jersey; sold to Mrs. J. Insley Blair (née Natalie Knowlton, 1884–1951), New York, and Tuxedo Park, New York; consigned by her estate to Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, January 22–23, 1954, lot 349

Associated names

Willoughby Farr
Natalie Knowlton Blair
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.

Bibliography

Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, Important American and English 18th Century Furniture and Decorations, All From Private Owners Including Estates of the Late Mrs. J. Insley Blair, Mrs. Franklin Baker, Jr. and from Mrs. Alfred McVitty, Marcel H. Steiglitz, sale cat. (January 22–23, 1954), 76, lot 349.