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Backstool |
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Object numberRIF1750 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 38 in. (96.52 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); maple (seat rails); pine (corner blocks) |
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ProvenanceBenjamin Attmore Hewitt (19212006) New Haven, Connecticut, and later Wakefield, Rhode Island; consigned by his estate to Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, October 2829, 2006, lot 773 |
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Associated namesNortheast AuctionsBenjamin Attmore Hewitt |
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ConstructionHalf-blind, single-shouldered dovetails fasten the medial stretcher to the side stretchers; triangular corner blocks are glued and fastened with rosehead nails to the seat rails. |
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BibliographyNortheast Auctions, Portsmouth, N.H., Fall New Hampshire Weekend Auction, sale cat. (October 2829, 2006), lot 773, ill. |