From: Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye, New England Furniture: The Colonial Era (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1984), 370, fig.103b
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Easy chair |
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Object numberRIF5035 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 46 in. (116.84 cm) |
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Date176080 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island, or made in Boston, Massachusetts(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumBlack walnut (primary); maple (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceIsrael Sack, Inc., New York, 1958. Private collection, by 1984 |
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Associated namesIsrael Sack, Inc.Private Collection |
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NotesThe chair retains its original stamped woolen upholstery on the arms and wings. |
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BibliographyBrock Jobe and Myrna Kaye, New England Furniture: The Colonial Era (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984), 370, fig. 103b."Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 54, no.1 (July 1948): 3, ill. Albert Sack, Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York: Crown Publishers, 1950), 65, ill. |