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From: Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1950), 65
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Easy chair

Object number

RIF4267

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1760–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Possibly made in Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Mahogany

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Unknown.

Notes

Only five Rhode Island easy chairs with claw-and-ball feet and no stretchers have been recorded.

See also

Bibliography

Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York: Crown Publishers, 1950), 65, ill.