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Side chairs, pair |
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Object numberRIF434 |
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MakerMaker, formerly attributed to John Goddard, American, 17231785Maker Unknown |
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Dimensions37 × 21 × 17 1/2 in. (93.98 × 53.34 × 44.45 cm) Seat height: 19 in. (48.26 cm) |
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Date175070 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); maple (secondary) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsBrass plate on chairs state it was owned by Henry Bull, Governor of Rhode Island in 1685 and 1690 |
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ProvenanceProbably Henry Bull (16871771), Newport, Rhode Island. Vernon family, Newport, Rhode Island. Mrs. Henry V. Weil, New York, 1947. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent D. Andrus, Greenwich, Connecticut; Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York, 2004. Jill and Mickey Baten, New York; consigned to Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 15, 2015, lot 507 |
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Associated namesHenry BullBernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc. Vincent D. Andrus Vera Andrus Northeast Auctions Henry V. Weil Vernon family Jill Baten Mickey Baten |
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BibliographySelections from the Collection of Vincent Dyckman Andrus, exh. cat. (New York: Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., January 2004), 20, ill."Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., advertisement," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (January 9, 2004): 19, ill. Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 16401820 (Newport, R.I.: Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), 32, no. 6, ill. Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, N.H., The Jill and Mickey Baten Collection of Important American Furniture, sale cat. (August 15, 2015), 11, lot 507, ill. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 256, 271, 271n3, no. 49, fig. 3. Clayton Pennington, "Baten, Blum, and a Bevy of Birds," Maine Antique Digest (October 2015): 37-A, ill. |