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Easy chair |
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Object numberRIF352 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 48 1/4 in. (122.555 cm) Width: 34 1/2 in. (87.63 cm) |
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Date174060 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut |
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StyleQueen Anne |
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ProvenanceMrs. Roland V. Vaughn and Mr. Roland V. Vaughn (18911979); sold to Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1954; sold to Mrs. and Mrs. Walter B. Robb, Buffalo, before 1975. Israel Sack, Inc., 1975 |
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Associated namesMr. Roland V. VaughnMr. and Mrs. Walter B. Robb Israel Sack, Inc. |
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Bibliography"Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 66, no. 4 (October 1954): inside cover, ill.American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 19571989), vol. 5, pp. 12101211, no. P4156, ill. Edith Gaines, "The Robb Collection of American Furniture, Part I," Antiques 93, no. 3 (September 1967): 326, fig. 9. "Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 109, no. 4 (April 1976): fig. 610. Michael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport: The Townsends and Goddards (Tenafly, N.J.: MMI Americana Press, 1984), 261, fig. 6.8. Albert Sack, The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York: Crown Publishers, 1993), 71, ill. |