Photo: Courtesy The Chipstone Foundation, Fox Point, Wis., 1981.5
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Fire screen |
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Object numberRIF965 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight, base: 58 in. (147.32 cm) Screen: 12 3/8 × 15 1/4 in. (31.43 × 38.74 cm) |
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Date17901805 |
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Current locationThe Chipstone Foundation |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany and light wood inlay |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsNone |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceJohn Walton, Inc., Griswold and Jewett City, Connecticut; sold to Polly Mariner Stone (18981995) and Stanley Stone (18961987), Fox Point, Wisconsin, 1981; bequeathed by Stanley Stone to The Chipstone Foundation, Fox Point, Wisconsin, 1987 |
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Associated namesJohn S. Walton, Inc.Stanley Stone Polly Mariner Stone |
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Construction"The octagonal-screen back frame is made of broad mahogany rails with central cross braces. The mahogany moldings which frame the glass in place are joined together by small butterfly dovetails and fit around the back frame. Brass rings attached to the frame, one with a screw, hold the screen in place. The pole is inserted into the pillar which, in turn, screws via a threaded extension into the triangular base. The legs are attached to the base dovetail fashion and are reinforced with a three-fingered iron brace. The silk needlework depicts a basket of flowers and is probably original. The upper parts of the legs are inlaid with a lightwood tulip-and-dot motif." Source: Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, American Furniture at Chipstone (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984), 422. |
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BibliographyOswaldo Rodriguez Roque, American Furniture at Chipstone (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984), 422423, no. 198, ill. |