Photo: Courtesy Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Gift of the Estate of Mrs. Gustav Radeke, 31.427; photo by Erik Gould
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Continuous-bow Windsor chair |
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Object numberRIF4551 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions40 1/2 × 22 × 19 in. (102.87 × 55.88 × 48.26 cm) Height, seat: 17 1/2 in. (44.45 cm) |
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Date17901800 |
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Current locationMuseum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumOak (bow), ash or hickory (spindles and arm supports), maple (legs and stretchers), and yellow poplar (seat) |
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StyleWindsor, Windsor |
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ProvenanceArthur Leslie Green, Newport, Rhode Island; sold to Mrs. Gustav Radeke (née Eliza Greene Metcalf , 18541931), Providence, Rhode Island, 1917; given by her estate to the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1931 |
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Associated namesArthur Leslie GreenEliza Greene Metcalf Radeke |
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BibliographyCharles Santore, The Windsor Style in America, 17301830 (Philadelphia: Running Press, 1981), 113, ill.Tanya Barter, Bentwood, exh. cat. (Providence, R.I.: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1984), 8. Carla Mathes Woodward and Franklin W. Robinson, eds., A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, exh. cat. (Providence, R.I.: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1985), 320321, no. 274. Christopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie, American Furniture in Pendleton House (Providence: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1986), 207, no. 149. |