Lot Essay
See note for previous lot 114.
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ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN GODDARD (1724-1785), NEWPORT, CIRCA 1762
Details
THE NICHOLAS BROWN CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIR
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN GODDARD (1724-1785), NEWPORT, CIRCA 1762
front seat rail marked IIII; with its original slip-seat frame marked IIII; knee returns replaced
38 in. high
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN GODDARD (1724-1785), NEWPORT, CIRCA 1762
front seat rail marked IIII; with its original slip-seat frame marked IIII; knee returns replaced
38 in. high
Provenance
Nicholas (1729-1791) and Rhode (Jenckes) Brown, Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1762
Hope (Brown) Ives (1773-1855), daughter
Thence by descent in the family
Sotheby's, New York, 19-21 January 2007, lot 591
Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York, 2007
Hope (Brown) Ives (1773-1855), daughter
Thence by descent in the family
Sotheby's, New York, 19-21 January 2007, lot 591
Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York, 2007
Literature
Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., "Discoveries in Newport furniture and silver," The Magazine Antiques (July 1955), pp. 45-46 (referenced).
Helen Comstock, American Furniture: Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Century Styles (Exton, Pennsylvania, 1962), no. 396 (on right).
Helen Comstock, American Furniture: Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Century Styles (Exton, Pennsylvania, 1962), no. 396 (on right).
Exhibited
Newport, The Hunter House, circa 1955.