Photo: Courtesy The Chipstone Foundation, Fox Point, Wis., accession no. 1956.7
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Sofa |
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Object numberRIF596 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions38 × 84 × 33 1/2 in. (96.52 × 213.36 × 85.09 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationThe Chipstone Foundation |
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GeographyProbably made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); maple, cherry, and pine (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceDavid Stockwell, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; sold to Polly Mariner Stone (18981995) and Stanley Stone (18961987), Fox Point, Wisconsin, 1956; bequeathed by Stanley Stone to The Chipstone Foundation, Fox Point, Wisconsin, 1987 |
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Associated namesDavid Stockwell, Inc.Polly Mariner Stone Stanley Stone |
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ConstructionA photograph of the sofa taken before upholstering reveals the following construction features: the crest rail is a single shaped board curving on both sides; the outer front legs extend about 3 inches above the seat rail; the seat rails are tenoned into the corner legs; two curved medial braces are dovetailed to the front and rear seat rails; two vertical rails support the crest rail at the center of the back and are joined to the rear seat rail. Source: Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, American Furniture at Chipstone, (Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984), 222. |
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See also |
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BibliographyOswaldo Rodriguez Roque, American Furniture at Chipstone (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984), 222223, no. 103, ill.Stanley Stone, "Rhode Island Furniture at Chipstone, Part II," Antiques 91, no. 4 (April 1967): 510, ill. |