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High-post bed |
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Object numberRIF182 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions87 × 55 × 74 in. (220.98 × 139.7 × 187.96 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationThe Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Virginia |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); white pine (tester frame) |
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InscriptionsRoman numerals incised at various joints |
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ProvenancePossibly Samuel Carr, Newport, Rhode Island; by descent in the Carr family, until 1937. John S. Walton, Inc., New York; sold to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Virginia, 1966; consigned to Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 7, 2004, lot 723 |
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Associated namesSamuel CarrJohn S. Walton, Inc. |
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BibliographyBarry A. Greenlaw, New England Furniture at Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Va.: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Virginia, 1974), 2021, no. 9.Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, N. H., Property Approved for Deaccessioning by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, sale cat. (March 7, 2004), 39, lot 723. "The Buildings: The Peyton Randolph House," Antiques 95, no. 1 (January 1969): 103. |