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From: "John Walton, Inc. advertisement," Antiques, vol. 113, no. 3 (March 1978): 560
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Slipper chair

Object number

RIF4953

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 35 in. (88.9 cm) Seat height: 13 1/2 in. (34.29 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Walnut

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

John Walton, Inc., Griswold and Jewett City, Connecticut, 1978

Associated names

John S. Walton, Inc.

Bibliography

"John Walton, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 113, no. 3 (March 1978): 560, ill.