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Fan-back Windsor side chair |
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Object numberRIF4482 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 40 in. (101.6 cm) |
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Date17851800 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMaple (legs); oak (crest rail); yellow poplar (seat) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsNone |
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ProvenanceBy descent in the families of Christopher Robinson, South Kingstown, Rhode Island, and Robert Lawton, Newport, Rhode Island; sold to Joseph K. Ott (19291994), Providence, Rhode Island, before November 1969; by descent to his wife Anne Northrup Ott (19292015), Providence, Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 20, 2012, lot 172. Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 910, 2013, lot 82 |
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Associated namesDescendants of Christopher Robinson of South KingstonDescendants of Robert Lawton of Newport Joseph K. Ott Christie's Anne Northrop Ott Northeast Auctions |
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ConstructionThe serpentine crest rail has decidedly pointed ears and is connected to the turned stiles and to every other spindle below by wood pins. The stiles and spindles are doweled into the deeply carved, incised seat. The turned, splayed legs are doweled through the seat. The chair bears traces of red and brown below later green paint. Examined by P.E. Kane and W.S. Braznell, March 9, 2013; notes compiled by T.B. Lloyd. |
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NotesThis Windsor chair was found with RIF 898 at Lawtondale Farm, Thornton, R.I. |
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See also |
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BibliographyJoseph K. Ott, "Still More Notes on Rhode Island Cabinetmakers and Allied Craftsmen," Rhode Island History 28, no. 4 (November 1969): 120, fig. 1.Robert Bishop, Centuries and Styles of the American Chair, 16401970 (New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1972), 196, fig. 268. Christie's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Ott, sale cat. (January 20, 2012), 93, lot 172. Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, N.H., Important Weekend Auction, sale cat. (March 910, 2013), 29, lot 82. Joseph K. Ott, "Exports of Furniture, Chaises, and Other Wooden Forms from Providence and Newport, 17831795," Antiques 107, no. 1 (January 1975): 137. Nancy Goyne Evans, American Windsor Chairs (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1996), 253254. |