Photo: Courtesy Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Del., 1958.2223
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Couch |
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Object numberRIF2705 |
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MakerMaker, formerly attributed to Job Townsend, Jr., 17261778Maker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight : 37 3/4 in. (95.885 cm) Length: 62 1/2 in. (158.75 cm) Width: 21 3/4 in. (55.245 cm) 37 3/4 × 21 3/4 × 62 1/2 in. (95.89 × 55.25 × 158.75 cm) |
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Date17401760 |
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Current locationWinterthur Museum, Garden, and Library |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island, or made in Massachusetts(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumAmerican black walnut (primary); soft maple (transverse braces) |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"X" stamped on right rear knee block and adjacent rail |
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ProvenanceHenry Francis du Pont (18801969), Winterthur, Delaware; bequeathed to Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Delaware, 1969 |
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Associated namesHenry Francis du Pont |
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See also |
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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. 212, ill.Nancy E. Richards and Nancy Goyne Evans, New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods (Winterthur, Del.: Winterthur Publications, 1997), 190191, no. 101. |