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Banister-back side chair

Object number

RIF4536

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 43 in. (109.22 cm)

Date

1740–70

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Providence, Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

William and Mary, Vernacular

Provenance

Roger Bacon (1904–1982), Brentwood, New Hampshire; consigned by his estate to Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts, September 24–25, 1982, lot 709

Associated names

Roger Bacon
Skinner, Inc.

See also

Bibliography

Skinner, Inc., Bolton, Mass., Estate Auction: The Collection of the Late Roger Bacon of Brentwood, New Hampshire, sale cat. (September 24–25, 1982), lot 709.
Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 189n2.