Photo: Courtesy the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1953.1.19, 1953.1.20 (RHiX32551)
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Side chairs, set of four |
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Object numberRIF251 |
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MakerMaker, possibly by John Carlile and Sons, active 1789?1803 |
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Dimensions38 1/2 × 21 × 17 3/4 in. (97.79 × 53.34 × 45.085 cm) |
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Date17901810 |
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Current locationThe Rhode Island Historical Society |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); birch (seat rails and corner braces) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsNone |
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StyleHepplewhite, Federal |
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ProvenanceHenry A. Hoffman (born 1873), Barrington, Rhode Island and Litchfield, Connecticut; given to the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, 1953 |
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Associated namesHenry A. Hoffman |
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See also |
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BibliographyRalph E. Carpenter, Jr., "Catalog of The Rhode Island Historical Society Furniture Collection," Rhode Island History 15, no. 1 (January 1956): 2627, no. 5, ill.Joseph K. Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture, exh. cat. (Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965), 1819, no. 18, ill. Elizabeth Stillinger, The Antiques Guide to Decorative Arts in America, 16001875 (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1972), 219, ill. |