Photo: Courtesy Preservation Society of Newport County, 1716ab; photo by Christopher Gardner
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Easy chair |
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Object numberRIF5004 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions48 × 40 × 24 in. (121.92 × 101.6 × 60.96 cm) |
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Date174060 |
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Current locationPreservation Society of Newport County |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceBy descent in the family of Godfrey Malbone (17241785), Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to Godfrey Malbone Birckhead, Palm Beach, Florida; given to the Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island, 1990 |
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Associated namesFamily of Godfrey Malbone, Newport, Rhode IslandGodfrey Malbone Birckhead |
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BibliographyPatricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 272, 376, no. 50, fig. 2. |