Photo: Courtesy The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Va., 1930-164
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Side chair |
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Object numberRIF158 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions41 × 19 7/8 × 16 3/4 in. (104.14 × 50.483 × 42.545 cm) |
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Date174060 |
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Current locationThe Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Virginia |
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GeographyPossibly made in Rhode Island, or possibly made in Massachusetts(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); maple (slip sear frame) |
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InscriptionsSlip seat signed "Mr. Meyers" in pencil. Front seat rail marked "V", slip seat marked "III." |
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ProvenanceLouis Guerineau Myers (18741932), East Orange, New Jersey; given to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Virginia, 1930 |
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Associated namesLouis Guerineau Myers |
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NotesThe medial stretcher with double ring turnings at each end as well as incised lines at the center, the broadness of the knees, and the square shape of the back legs at the floor suggest this chair was made in Rhode Island as opposed to elsewhere in New England. |
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BibliographyBarry A. Greenlaw, New England Furniture at Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Virginia, 1974), 56, no. 47, ill. |