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Photo: Courtesy The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Va. Bequest of Lucy L. and Louise M. Powell and gift of Francis T. S. and Grace E. Powell, 1956-275, 1
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Side chair

Object number

RIF174

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

28 1/2 × 33 7/8 × 30 5/8 in. (72.39 × 86.043 × 77.788 cm)

Date

1785–1800

Current location

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Virginia

Geography

Made in Virginia, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary and veneer); white pine (secondary); maple and holly inlay

Style

Hepplewhite, Federal

Provenance

Dr. and Mrs. Francis Taliferro Stribling (née Henrietta Cuthbert Stribling), Staunton, Virginia; by descent to their grandson, Francis Taliferro Stribling Powell, Staunton; by descent to his widow, Grace E. Powell, Staunton, by 1956; given to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Virginia, 1956

Associated names

Grace Powell