Photo: Courtesy Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, inv no 44.669
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Side chairs, pair |
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Object numberRIF1445 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions39 × 21 1/2 × 16 in. (99.06 × 54.61 × 40.64 cm) Height, seat: 16 in. (40.64 cm) |
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Date175575 |
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Current locationRhode Island School of Design Museum |
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GeographyProbably made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsNone |
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ProvenanceBy descent to Harriet Phillips (née Simmons), Bristol, Rhode Island; by descent to her son, Robert Simmons Phillips (18731944), Providence, Rhode Island; given by his estate to Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1944 |
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Associated namesHarriet Simmons PhillipsRobert Simmons Phillips |
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See also |
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BibliographyRalph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 16401820 (Newport, R.I.: Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), 33, no. 7, ill.Christopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie, American Furniture in Pendleton House (Providence: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1986), 163, no. 104, ill. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 73, 75, fig. 8, 9 (detail). |