From: Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye, New England Furniture: The Colonial Era (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1984), 354
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Side chair |
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Object numberRIF838 |
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MakerMaker, formerly attributed to John Goddard, American, 17231785Maker Unknown |
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Dimensions41 × 22 × 16 9/16 in. (104.14 × 55.88 × 42.069 cm) Seat height: 17 1/2 in. (44.45 cm) |
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Date175065 |
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Current locationHistoric New England (www.historicnewengland.com), formerly Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities |
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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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MediumSoft maple |
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ProvenanceCharles Barrett, Sr., (17401808), Concord, Massachusetts, and New Ipswich, New Hampshire; by descent to his son, Charles Barrett, Jr., (17731836), New Ipswich, New Hampshire; by descent to his son, George Barrett (18011862), New Ipswich, New Hampshire; by descent to his son, George Robert Barrett (18441916), New Ipswich, New Hampshire; by descent to his stepdaughter, Caroline Barr Wade; given to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (now Historic New England), Boston,1958 |
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Associated namesCharles Barrett, Sr.Caroline Barr Wade Charles Barrett Jr. George Barrett George Robert Barrett |
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ConstructionThe rails of the loose seat frame are thick (1 1/8 inches), and the front rail is numbered by large chisel marks; both characteristics are found on chairs no. 98 and 99 (see III-29). No corner blocks were ever present. Sometime before 1948, the chair was stripped and refinished. Otherwise it is in excellent condition. All elements are original including the loose seat; the leather upholster is modern. Source: Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye. ,New England Furniture: The Colonial Era (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984), 355. |
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BibliographyBrock Jobe and Myrna Kaye, New England Furniture: The Colonial Era (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984), 354355, no. 97, ill.Ellen Fineberg, "Barrett House, New Ipswich, New Hampshire," Antiques 129, no. 3 (March 1986): 646, referenced in pl. III. |