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Photo: Courtesy Ralph Carpenter Papers, Joseph Downs Manuscript Library, Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Del.
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Side chair

Object number

RIF442

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1735–65

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Style

Queen Anne

Provenance

Unknown.

Notes

The thinness of the back legs at the floor suggests that the chair was made in Massachusetts and not in Rhode Island.