Photo: Courtesy Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Bequest of Ella Hodges Harlow, 35.269; photo by Erik Gould
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Side chair |
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Object numberRIF3994 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions39 1/2 × 21 1/2 × 16 13/16 in. (100.33 × 54.61 × 42.7 cm) Height, seat: 16 1/4 in. (41.28 cm) |
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Date17401760 |
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Current locationRhode Island School of Design Museum |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMaple |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsSeat is notched "v" and seat frame "III" |
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ProvenanceElla Hodges Harlow (18551930), Providence, Rhode Island, and Boston, Massachusetts; by descent to her husband, Jonathan Edwards Harlow (18521935), Brookline, Massachusetts; bequeathed to the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1935 |
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Associated namesElla Hodges HarlowJonathan Edwards Harlow |
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BibliographyJohn T. Kirk, American Chairs: Queen Anne and Chippendale (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972), 130, fig. 162.Christopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie, American Furniture in Pendleton House (Providence: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1986), 161162, no. 102, ill. Hedy B. Landman, "The Pendleton House at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design," Antiques 107, no. 5 (May 1975): 927. "American and English Decorative Arts," Antiques 104, no. 4 (October 1973): 534. John T. Kirk, Early American Furniture: How to Recognize, Evaluate, and Care for the Most Beautiful Pieces: High Style, Country, Primitive and Rustic (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970), 73, fig. 55. |