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Easy chair

Object number

RIF365

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

47 1/2 × 34 × 23 1/2 in. (120.65 × 86.36 × 59.69 cm)

Date

1760–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Rhode Island, or possibly made in Massachusetts
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Mahogany

Provenance

Christie's, New York, January 23, 1982, lot 390

Associated names

Christie's

Bibliography

Christie's, New York, Fine American Furniture, Silver, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (January 23, 1982), 126, lot 390, ill.