From: Wendy A. Cooper, "The Purchase of Furniture and Furnishings by John Brown, Providence Merchant, 1788-1803," Antiques 103 (February 1973): 330
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Side chair |
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Object numberRIF4268 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions37 1/2 × 21 × 17 1/8 in. (95.25 × 53.34 × 43.498 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); chestnut (corner blocks) |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceJohn Brown (17361803), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent in the Brown family, South Kingstown, Rhode Island; by descent to Norman Herreshoff (19031990), Bristol, Rhode Island |
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Associated namesJohn BrownBrown family, South Kingston, Rhode Island Norman Herreshoff |
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BibliographyWendy A. Cooper, "The Purchase of Furniture and Furnishings by John Brown, Providence Merchant, Part 1: 17601788," Antiques 103, no. 2 (February 1973): 330, 333, fig. 6.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), 376n7. |