Photo: Courtesy Skinner, Inc., Boston and Marlborough, Mass.
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Side chair |
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Object numberRIF5649 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 41 1/4 in. (104.78 cm) Height, seat: 19 in. (48.26 cm) Width, front feet: 22 in. (55.88 cm) Depth: 21 1/2 in. (54.61 cm) |
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Date17401760 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyProbably made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); maple (slip seat frame) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsVIII, incised on rabbet of front seat rail and on underside of front rail of slip seat |
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ProvenanceSkinner, Inc., Boston and Marlborough, Massachusetts (sale held Boston), October 28, 2012, lot 111. Private collection, 2014 |
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Associated namesSkinner, Inc. |
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See also |
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BibliographySkinner, Inc., Boston and Marlborough, Mass., American Furniture and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (October 28, 2012), 28, lot 111, ill."Skinner, Inc., advertisement," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (October 12, 2012): 75, ill. "Skinner Sells American Furniture and Decorative Arts," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (Novermber 16, 2012): 41, 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), 257n7. |