Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1953.1.19, 1953.1.20 (RHiX32551) Click the image to enlarge	Side chairs, set of four
	Object number RIF251
	Maker Maker, possibly by John Carlile and Sons, active 1789?1803
	Dimensions 38 1/2 � 21 � 17 3/4 in. (97.79 � 53.34 � 45.085 cm)
	Date 1790–1810
	Current location The Rhode Island Historical Society
	Geography Made in Providence, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany (primary); birch (seat rails and corner braces)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions None
	Style Hepplewhite, Federal
	Provenance Henry A. Hoffman (born 1873), Barrington, Rhode Island and Litchfield, Connecticut; given to the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, 1953
	Associated names Henry A. Hoffman
	See also RIF35 RIF41 RIF270 RIF297 RIF714 RIF720 RIF750 RIF950 RIF1263 RIF1336 RIF1343 RIF1364 RIF1377 RIF1540 RIF2289 RIF2381 RIF2403 RIF2420 RIF2554 RIF2813 RIF2838 RIF3006 RIF3115 RIF3176 RIF3276 RIF3437 RIF3482 RIF3539 RIF3669 RIF3859 RIF3861 RIF4153 RIF4177 RIF4269 RIF4365 RIF4436 RIF4522 RIF4606 RIF4771 RIF4813 RIF4919 RIF4920 RIF4921 RIF4922 RIF4923 RIF4924 RIF4925 RIF4932 RIF4933 RIF4981 RIF5027 RIF5613 RIF6007 RIF6169 RIF6314 RIF6350 RIF6543 RIF6545 RIF6604 RIF6679 RIF6680
	Bibliography Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., "Catalog of The Rhode Island Historical Society Furniture Collection," Rhode Island History 15, no. 1 (January 1956): 26–27, 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), 18–19, no. 18, ill. Elizabeth Stillinger, The Antiques Guide to Decorative Arts in America, 1600–1875 (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1972), 219, ill.