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Side chairs, pair |
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Object numberRIF5024 |
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MakerMaker, formerly attributed to Job Townsend, Sr., 16991765Maker Unknown |
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Dimensions40 3/8 × 21 1/8 × 21 in. (102.55 × 53.66 × 53.34 cm) |
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Date174065 |
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Current locationThe Henry Ford |
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GeographyProbably made in Boston, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); maple (slip seat frame) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsI, incised on rabbet of front seat rail and underside of front rail of slip seat |
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ProvenanceCharlotte Kimball (18751960), Gilford, New Hampshire; sold by her estate at auction to Mr. Wilcoxen, Henniker, New Hampshire, 1960; sold to John S. Walton, Inc., New York; sold to The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan, 1962 |
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Associated namesCharlotte KimballMr. Wilcoxen John S. Walton, Inc. |
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See also |
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BibliographyKatharine Bryant Hagler, American Queen Anne Furniture: 17201755, exh. cat. (Dearborn, Mich.: The Edison Institute, 1976), 27, ill."John S. Walton, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 79, no.2 (February 1961): 132, ill. |