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Sofa

Object number

RIF917

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

37 × 72 × 27 1/4 in. (93.98 × 182.88 × 69.215 cm)

Date

1780–1800

Current location

The Rhode Island Historical Society

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary); pine, cherry, ash, chestnut

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

John Brown (1736–1803), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to Norman Herreshoff (1903–1990), Providence; given to the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, 1968

Associated names

John Brown
Norman Herreshoff

See also

Bibliography

Joseph K. Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture, exh. cat. (Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965), 30–31, no. 29, ill.
"Director's Newsletter," Rhode Island History 27, no. 4 (January 1968): cover, 119, ill.
Ruth Davidson, "Museum Accessions: American Furniture in Rhode Island," Antiques 97, no. 3 (March 1970): 370.
Wendy A. Cooper, "The Purchase of Furniture and Furnishings by John Brown, Providence Merchant, Part 1: 1760–1788," Antiques 103, no. 2 (February 1973): 333, fig. 9.