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Slat-back side chair

Object number

RIF2374

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1750–1820

Current location

Hunt House Museum

Geography

Possibly made in Greenville, Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple (posts); ash (slats)

Style

vernacular style

Provenance

Carrie Latham Bowen, East Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to her daughter, Caroline Bowen Hurdis (1910–2006), East Providence; given to the John Hunt House, Providence, Rhode Island, 1995

Associated names

Carrie Latham Bowen
Caroline Bowen Hurdis