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Side chair, one of a set of eight |
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Object numberRIF6208 |
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MakerMaker George Shipley, American, active ca. 1789 - 1803 |
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Dimensions38 1/2 × 21 × 17 1/2 in. (97.79 × 53.34 × 44.45 cm) |
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Date179195 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in New York, or possibly made in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); chestnut (seat frame) |
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Marks"Mahogany ready Saw'd up for Staricases & other purposes for Sale / ELEGANT MAHOG. FURNITURE / of the newest fashion, at SHIPLEY'S / MANUFACTORY / No. 161 / Water Street, / N. York," printed on a paper label affixed to underside of seat |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceDescended in the Lawrence family, Flushing, New York, until 1945. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Read, La Grange, Illinois, 1962 |
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Associated namesLawrence familyMr. and Mrs. R. A. Read |
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See also |
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BibliographyNancy E. Richards, "Furniture of the Lower Connecticut River Valley: The Hartford Area, 17851810," Winterthur Portfolio 4 (1968): 810, fig. 89.Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 418, 420, fig. 2. |