Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Rhode Island Furniture Archive Click the image to enlarge	Side chair
	Object number RIF6654
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 38 1/2 � 21 in. (97.8 � 53.3 cm)
	Date 1750–1770
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Walnut (primary); maple (slip seat frame)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions "IIII," incised, on slip seat frame; four small v-shaped incisions on inner surface of front seat rail
	Provenance Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., Scarsdale, New York; by descent to his wife Roberta L. Carpenter (1938–2019), Newport, Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 24, 2020, lot 318
	Associated names Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. Roberta L. Carpenter Christie's
	See also RIF655 RIF736 RIF832 RIF1864 RIF1865 RIF2013 RIF2333 RIF2884 RIF3086 RIF3087 RIF3358 RIF3556 RIF3730 RIF3822 RIF3989 RIF4884 RIF4885 RIF4887 RIF4954 RIF5635
	Bibliography Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver, sale cat. (January 24, 2020), 98-99, lot 318.

Side chair