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Side chair

Object number

RIF4826

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 38 3/4 in. (98.425 cm) Height, seat: 18 in. (45.72 cm) Width, seat: 21 1/8 in. (53.658 cm)

Date

1790–1800

Current location

Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany; birch (diagonal brace and side rail)

Provenance

Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia

Bibliography

Charles F. Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period, 1788–1825 (New York: Viking Press, 1966), 96, plate 45.