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Side chair |
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Object numberRIF4442 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions39 7/8 × 19 3/4 × 19 3/8 in. (101.283 × 50.165 × 49.213 cm) |
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Date17901810 |
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Current locationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); maple and red oak (secondary) |
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ProvenanceCharles K. Davis (18891968), Fairfield, Connecticut; given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York, 1948 |
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Associated namesCharles K. Davis |
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ConstructionThe side seat rails are tenoned through the rear stiles. |
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BibliographyMorrison H. Heckscher, "American Furniture and the Art of Connoisseurship," Antiques 153, no. 5 (May 1998): 728729, pl. XIV, XV. |