Lot Essay
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RALPH E. CARPENTER, JR.
THE TILLINGHAST FAMILY PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
POSSIBLY JOHN GODDARD (1723/4-1785), NEWPORT, 1760-1770
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THE TILLINGHAST FAMILY PAIR OF QUEEN ANNE WALNUT SIDE CHAIRS
POSSIBLY JOHN GODDARD (1723/4-1785), NEWPORT, 1760-1770
en suite with the preceding lot; one chair marked I on crest, frame and slip-seat; the other chair marked VI on crest and frame, with slip-seat from the same original set marked III and also inscribed twice in graphite, C.T. James
37 ¼ in. high
POSSIBLY JOHN GODDARD (1723/4-1785), NEWPORT, 1760-1770
en suite with the preceding lot; one chair marked I on crest, frame and slip-seat; the other chair marked VI on crest and frame, with slip-seat from the same original set marked III and also inscribed twice in graphite, C.T. James
37 ¼ in. high
Provenance
Possibly Charles Tillinghast (1729-1775), West Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island
Phebe (Tillinghast) James (1768-1848), daughter
General Charles Tillinghast James (1805-1862), son
Purchased from George Arons, Ansonia, Connecticut
Phebe (Tillinghast) James (1768-1848), daughter
General Charles Tillinghast James (1805-1862), son
Purchased from George Arons, Ansonia, Connecticut
Literature
Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., "Mowbra Hall and a Collection of Period Rooms: Part I," Connoisseur (June 1972), pp. 83–84, figs. 6–7.
Laura Beach, "The Past Is Present in Newport: A Couple's Lifelong Love of Antiques," Antiques and Fine Art 6 (Summer 2005), pp. 115–118.
Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830 (New Haven, 2016), p. 357, fn4.
The Rhode Island Furniture Archive at Yale University Art Gallery, RIF333.
Laura Beach, "The Past Is Present in Newport: A Couple's Lifelong Love of Antiques," Antiques and Fine Art 6 (Summer 2005), pp. 115–118.
Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830 (New Haven, 2016), p. 357, fn4.
The Rhode Island Furniture Archive at Yale University Art Gallery, RIF333.
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