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Easy chair

Object number

RIF6619

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

48 1/2 in. (123.2 cm) Seat height: 17 in. (43.2 cm)

Date

1760–1780

Current location

Stanley Weiss Collection

Geography

Probably made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary); maple (secondary)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Skinner, Inc., Boston and Marlborough, Massachusetts (sale held Boston), November 7, 2010, lot 210. The Stanley Weiss Collection, Providence, Rhode Island

Associated names

Skinner, Inc.

See also

Bibliography

Stanley Weiss and Brock Jobe, Fine American Antiques in the Stanley Weiss Collection (Providence, R.I.: Stanley Weiss Collection, 2019), 27, sw01496, ill.
Skinner, Inc., Boston, American Furniture and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (November 7, 2010), 58–59, lot 210, ill.