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Side chair, one of an assembled pair |
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Object numberRIF4910 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions38 1/4 × 22 1/2 × 20 in. (97.155 × 57.15 × 50.8 cm) Height, seat: 17 1/2 in. (44.45 cm) |
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Date174050 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumBlack walnut; soft maple (slip seat frame) |
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ProvenanceBy descent in the family of Marjorie Foster, Bowdoinham, Maine. Israel Sack, Inc., New York; sold to Ann Holzer (19171999) and Philip Holzer (19192011), Great Neck, New York, 1979; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 2021, 2012, lot 224 |
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Associated namesMarjorie Foster familyIsrael Sack, Inc. Ann Holzer Philip Holzer Sotheby's |
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ConstructionRetains its original leather seat. |
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BibliographyPhilip Holzer, Philip and Ann Holzer Collection (n.p.: privately printed, 1990), 5053, no. 17, side chair on right, p.51, fig. 17.1 and 17.3.Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana: Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Porcelain, Prints, and Carpets, sale cat. (January 2021, 2012), 161, lot 224. Lita Solis-Cohen, "Americana Week Auction at Sotheby's," Maine Antique Digest (April 2012): 38-A. |