Photo: Courtesy The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Mich., 59.82.14
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Side chair |
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Object numberRIF3965 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions40 × 22 × 21 1/4 in. (101.6 × 55.88 × 53.98 cm) |
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Date17901810 |
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Current locationThe Henry Ford |
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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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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsNone |
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ProvenanceLouis E. Brooks (18801958), Marshall, Michigan; given to The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan, by 1960 |
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Associated namesLouis E. Brooks |
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See also |
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BibliographyJohn T. Kirk, American Furniture and the British Tradition to 1830 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982), 285, fig. 1046.Helen Comstock, "Acquisitions from the Louis E. Brooks Collection at the Henry Ford Museum," Antiques 78, no. 6 (December 1960): 569, fig. 11. Robert Bishop, Centuries and Styles of the American Chair, 16401970 (New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1972), 261, fig. 396, 396a. |