A PAIR OF CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY SIDE CHAIRS Newport Circa 1770 Attributed to John Goddard (1723-1785) Height: 39 1 / 4 inches, Width: 22 1 / 4 x 17 inches Primary Wood: Mahogany Secondary Wood: Maple Provenance: Private Collection, New York
Reference: For a similar pair of chairs please see Patricia Kane, et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650-1830 , page 348 nn7-9. See also the online database of Rhode Island Furniture, RIF303.
CHIPPENDALE DESK Providence, Rhode Island Circa 1770
Attributed to the shop of John Carlile, Jr. (1762-1832) Primary Wood: Curly Maple Secondary Woods: Chestnut, White Pine, Maple Height: 43 inches, Width: 42 1 / 2 inches, Depth: 22 1 / 2 inches References: J. Michael Flanigan, American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection , page. 76; Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., "A Comparative Study of the Work of John Carlisle, Jr. of Providence and the Townsends and Goddards of Newport," The Walpole Society Note Book (1991-1992) , p. 79; Wendy A. Cooper and Tara L. Gleason, "A Different Rhode Island Block-and-Shell Story: Providence Provenances and Pitch-Pediments," American Furniture 1999 , figures 4, 27, 46 and 58. See also, Patrica Kane et al, Art & Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650-1830 , page 445, figure 2. As Patricia Kane states, the attribution to Carlile is based upon its close similarity to a desk signed by the cabinetmaker and dated 1785. Externally, both share the same design and proportions for the feet. The details of the drawer construction show the presence of a number of nearly identical woodworking techniques indicating the work of the same hand.
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