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Side chair |
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Object numberRIF905 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions41 × 21 1/2 × 17 in. (104.14 × 54.61 × 43.18 cm) |
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Date174060 |
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Current locationRhode Island School of Design Museum |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); maple (secondary) |
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InscriptionsXII incised on inside of the seat frame- indicates that it was a part of at least a 12 chair set |
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ProvenanceBy descent in the family of Roger Williams (ca. 16031682/3), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to John (died 1870) and Julia Williams, North Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to their daughters, Juliette (died 1905) and Octavia Williams (died 1916); given to their neighbor, Mary Amanda Brown Hunt (18511939), about 1890; by descent to her daughter, Helen Brown Hunt Tucker; given to the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1977 |
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Associated namesRoger Williams |
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BibliographyChristopher P. Monkhouse, "American Furniture Recently Acquired by the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design," Antiques 118, no. 1 (July 1980): 129, fig. 3.Christopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie, American Furniture in Pendleton House (Providence: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1986), 16263, no. 103, ill. |