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Banister-back armchair |
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Object numberRIF5988 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions43 × 23 1/2 × 19 in. (109.22 × 59.69 × 48.26 cm) |
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Date172060 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumAsh (stretchers, front legs, arms, lower back rail, spindles, and crest rail); maple (rear posts) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsNone |
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ProvenanceAnthony Werneke, Inc., Pond Eddy, New York; sold to private collection, 1991 |
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Associated namesAnthony Werneke, Inc. |
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ConstructionThe double-arched crest rail has a beaded front top edge and is tenoned into its flanking stiles, each joint showing one wood pin in the back only. The top and ends of the crest rail back are chamfered. Four split banisters below, flat in front and rounded in back, match the turnings of the stiles and are tenoned into the underside of the crest rail and the top of the lower rail, which is flat in front, has a formerly double-serpentine skirt (now broken), and is chamfered at the ends where it is tenoned into the stiles. Serpentine arms are tenoned and wood pinned to the stiles and to the tops of the front legs/arm supports. The rush-covered seat rails are doweled into the legs, as are the front turned stretchers, the pairs of plain side stretchers, and the plain single rear stretcher. Examined by P. E. Kane and J. N. Johnson, April 21, 2014; notes compiled by T. B. Lloyd. |
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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), 187n1. |