Photo: Courtesy The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Mich., 55.36.2
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Roundabout chair |
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Object numberRIF4944 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions40 × 22 × 21 1/4 in. (101.6 × 55.88 × 53.975 cm) |
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Date172560 |
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Current locationThe Henry Ford |
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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 (splats, seat rails, front leg, proper-right stretcher, slip seat frame, lower stretchers, and proper-right support for seat[?]); birch(?) (side and rear legs and proper-left stretcher); pine (proper-left support for seat) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsA notch, cut into one corner of underside of slip seat |
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ProvenanceJess Pavey, Birmingham, Michigan; sold to The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan, 1955 |
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Associated namesJess S. Pavey |
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BibliographyKatharine Bryant Hagler, American Queen Anne Furniture: 17201755, exh. cat. (Dearborn, Mich.: The Edison Institute, 1976), 23, left, ill. |