From: John T. Kirk, American Chairs: Queen Anne and Chippendale (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972), 138, fig. 179
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Slipper chair |
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Object numberRIF3989 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight of seat rail: 13 1/4 in. (33.655 cm) Height: 35 1/2 in. (90.17 cm) Width: 20 1/2 in. (52.07 cm) |
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Date175070 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); pine (corner blocks) |
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StyleQueen Anne, Chippendale |
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ProvenanceNorman Herreshoff (19031990), Bristol, Rhode Island, by 1965 |
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Associated namesNorman Herreshoff |
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BibliographyJoseph K. Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture, exh. cat. (Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965), 1011, no. 10, ill.John T. Kirk, American Chairs: Queen Anne and Chippendale (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972), 138, fig. 179. Robert Bishop, Centuries and Styles of the American Chair, 16401970 (New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1972), 159, fig. 200. 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), 268nn4, 6. |