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Low armchair |
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Object numberRIF5468 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 37 in. (93.98 cm) |
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Date174060 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); maple (secondary) |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"I" incised on front sear rail and slip seat frame |
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StyleQueen Anne |
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ProvenanceProbably Christopher Champlin (17021766) or his son, Christopher Champlin (17311805), Charlestown and Newport, Rhode Island; by descent in the Stanton, Gallup and Hewitt families; probably the Almon family; Franklin Perry (18321899) and his wife, Eunice Louisa Hewitt (18361892), New London County, Connecticut; by descent to their daughter Aurelia Eunice Perry Park (18621952), Uncasville, Waterford, and North Stonington, Connecticut; by descent to her husband, Burrows Ripley Park (born 1855), North Stonington, Connecticut; sold to Harry Arons, Ansonia, Connecticut; sold June 16, 1965 to Joseph K. Ott (19291994), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to his wife Anne Ott, Providence, Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 20, 2012, lot 170 |
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Associated namesChristoper ChamplinChristopher Champlin Stanton family Hewitt family Gallup family Almon family Franklin Perry Eunice Louise Hewitt Aurelia Eunice Perry Park Burrows Ripley Park Harry Arons Joseph K. Ott Anne Northrop Ott Christie's New York |
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BibliographyJoseph K. Ott, "Some Rhode Island Furniture," Antiques 107, no. 5 (May 1975): 940, 943.Christie's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph K. Ott, sale cat. (January 20, 2012), 9091, lot 170, ill. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 268n7. |