Photo: Courtesy Newport Restoration Foundation, 2001.399.5
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Side chair |
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Object numberRIF4378 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions40 1/4 × 22 × 18 in. (102.235 × 55.88 × 45.72 cm) |
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Date174060 |
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Current locationNewport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island |
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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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MediumWalnut (primary) |
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InscriptionsOn front right corner of seat is a Roman numeral "I" and "RT" penciled in. Two labels on the underside of rear eat rail: One with an orange sticker "Identification No.73" Other "L.1497" Marking on underside of front left corner written in pencil "L5" Seat also has a Roman numeral "I" near front corner frame. |
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ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. James Campbell Lewis, Cornish, New Hampshire; consigned by their estate to William A. Smith, Inc., Plainfield, New Hampshire, May 29, 1971; sold to Doris Duke (19121993) for Newport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island, 1971; Whitehorne House Museum, Newport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island, from 1974 |
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Associated namesMr. and Mrs. James Campbell LewisWilliam A. Smith, Inc., Auctioneers and Appraisers Doris Duke |