Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Christie's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Side chair
	Object number RIF4418
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 37 1/2 � 21 in. (95.25 � 53.34 cm)
	Date 1740–60
	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 Mahogany
	Marks None
	Inscriptions "VIII," incised, on front rail; "VII," incised, on slip seat
	Provenance John Janes Auction, Newport, Rhode Island, October 14, 1957; sold to Joseph K. Ott (1929–1994), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to his wife Anne Northrup Ott (1929–2015), Providence, Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 20, 2012, lot 154
	Associated names Joseph K. Ott Anne Northrop Ott Christie's John Janes Auction
	See also RIF848
	Bibliography Joseph K. Ott, "Some Rhode Island Furniture," Antiques 107, no. 5 (May 1975): 941, fig. 4. Christie's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Ott, sale cat. (January 20, 2012), 64, lot 154.

Side chair