Photo: Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Dorothy Buhler, 63.1043
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Side chair |
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Object numberRIF716 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions40 7/8 × 21 1/16 × 17 7/8 in. (103.823 × 53.499 × 45.403 cm) |
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Date17401760 |
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Current locationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); cherry (seat frame) |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"I," incised on front rail; "VI," incised on seat frame |
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ProvenanceBy descent in the Huse family, Greenland, New Hampshire; by descent to the Gilbert family, Stratham, New Hampshire; by descent to Paine Wingate (17391838); by descent to Sarah M. Gilbert; by descent to Dorothy Buhler; given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1963 |
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Associated namesHuse familyGilbert family Paine Wingate Sarah M. Gilbert Dorothy Buhler |
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BibliographyRichard H Randall, Jr., American Furniture in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1965), 170171, no. 133, fig. 133A, B.John T. Kirk, American Chairs: Queen Anne and Chippendale (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972), 131, fig. 165. |