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Archway from the Hall of the Banister-MacKaye House |
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Object numberRIF3355 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsArch: 125 ื 110 3/4 ื 21 1/4 in. (317.5 ื 281.31 ื 53.98 cm) |
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Dateprobably 1756 |
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Current locationWinterthur Museum, Garden, and Library |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWhite pine |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceOriginally owned by John Banister (17071767), Boston, Newport, and Middletown, Rhode Island; by descent to his son John Banister (17451807), Newport and Middletown, Rhode Island; by forced sale to George Irish (17291801), Middletown, Rhode Island; by descent to his daughter Mrs. Easton Bailey (ne้ Mary Irish), Middletown, Rhode Island; by descent to her son George Irish Bailey (1797unknown), Middletown, Rhode Island; by descent to his son William Bailey (18231908), Middletown, Rhode Island; by descent to his daughter Mrs. Henry G. MacKaye (ne้ Ellen Ida Bailey), Middletown, Rhode Island; by descent to her daughter Mrs. Roy Silas Atwood (ne้ Mary MacKaye, 18921986), Middletown, Rhode Island; deeded to Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Delaware, 1957 |
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Associated namesJohn Banister |
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NotesBanister-MacKaye House is now demolished. |
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BibliographyJohn A. H. Sweeney, The Treasure House of Early American Rooms (New York: Viking Press, 1963), 5051, ill.John A. H. Sweeney, Winterthur Illustrated (New York: Chanticleer Press, 1963), 5051, ill. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 196197, 314, no. 26, fig. 1. |