Liza and Michael Moses Photographic Archive, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
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Easy chair |
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Object numberRIF1477 |
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MakerMaker, formerly attributed to John Townsend, American, 1732/331809Maker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 47 1/2 in. (120.65 cm) Width: 34 3/4 in. (88.27 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); maple (secondary) |
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ProvenanceIsrael Sack, Inc., New York, 1957; sold to Mrs. Richard C. Ernst (née Susan Bloomingdale, 19171981), New York, by 1963. Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1976 |
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Associated namesIsrael Sack, Inc.Mrs. Richard C. Ernst |
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ConstructionRetains foundation upholstery |
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BibliographyJames Biddle, American Art from American Collections: Decorative Arts, Paintings, and Prints of the Colonial and Federal Periods from Private Collections, exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1963), 20, no. 40.Michael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport: The Townsends and Goddards (Tenafly, N.J.: MMI Americana Press, 1984), 53, fig. 1.42. American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 195789), vol. 1, p. 8, no. 24, ill.; vol. 5, p. 1274, P4254, ill. |