From: John T. Kirk, American Chairs: Queen Anne and Chippendale (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972), 133, fig. 168
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Side chairs, set of five |
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Object numberRIF3992 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 38 3/4 in. (98.425 cm) Width: 20 1/2 in. (52.07 cm) Height of seat rail: 16 1/2 in. (41.91 cm) |
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Date174070 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); pine (slip seat frame) |
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ProvenanceParson Thomas Smith (17021795), Boston and Falmouth (now Portland), Maine. Ginsburg and Levy, Inc. New York, 1949. Mr. and Mrs. E. Ross Milhiser, Richmond, Virginia, by 1965 |
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Associated namesMr. and Mrs. E. Ross MillhiserGinsburg and Levy, Inc. Parson Thomas Smith |
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See also |
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BibliographyJohn T. Kirk, American Chairs: Queen Anne and Chippendale (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972), 133, fig. 168.Joseph K. Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture, exh. cat. (Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965), 89, no. 8, ill. "Ginsburg and Levy, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 55, no. 6 (June 1949): 417, ill. Joan Barzilay Freund, Alan Miller, and Leigh Keno, "The Very Pink of the Mode: Boston Georgian Chairs, Their Export, Their Influence," American Furniture (1996): 29596, fig. 45. Clifford P. Monahon, "John Brown House Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture," Rhode Island History 24, no. 2 (April 1965): 34, ill. |