Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Easy chair
	Object number RIF6117
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Date 1740–60
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in Newport, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Maple
	Marks Unknown
	Inscriptions Unknown
	Provenance Henry Francis du Pont (1880–1969), Southampton, New York. Marjorie H. Schorsch (1930–2007) and John B. Schorsch; consigned to Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 1–2, 1981, lot 506
	Associated names Henry Francis du Pont John B. Schorsch Marjorie H. Schorsch Sotheby Parke Bernet
	Bibliography Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Fine American Furniture and Related Decorative Arts: The Collection of Mr. John B. Schorsch and Mrs. Marjorie H. Schorsch, sale cat. (May 1–2, 1981), lot 506, ill. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 276n2.

Easy chair