Photo: Courtesy Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Del., 1958.2598
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Backstool |
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Object numberRIF2699 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions35 1/2 × 20 × 17 in. (90.17 × 50.8 × 43.18 cm) |
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Date174070 |
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Current locationWinterthur Museum, Garden, and Library |
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GeographyMade in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumAmerican black walnut (primary); soft maple (rear legs) |
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ProvenanceBy tradition descended in the family of President Franklin Pierce. Mrs. Francis M. Nichols, Glebe House, Inc., Marblehead, Massachusetts; sold to Henry Francis du Pont (18801969), Winterthur, Delaware, 1934; bequeathed to Winterthur Museum, 1969 |
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Associated namesHenry Francis du PontFranklin Pierce Frances M. Nichols |
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BibliographyJoseph Downs, American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods in the Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum (New York: MacMillan Company, 1952), no. 98, ill.Nancy E. Richards and Nancy Goyne Evans, New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods (Winterthur, Del.: Winterthur Publications, 1997), 165166, no. 89, ill. |