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Upholstered armchair |
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Object numberRIF378 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 42 1/4 in. (107.315 cm) Width: 28 in. (71.12 cm) Height, to seat rail: 14 1/2 in. (36.83 cm) |
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Date176080 |
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Current locationWinterthur Museum, Garden, and Library |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island, or made in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); pine, chestnut, birch and maple (secondary) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceJohn Brown (17361803), Providence, Rhode Island; by inheritance to his daughter, Sarah "Sally" Brown Herreshoff (17731846), Bristol, Rhode Island; by descent to her son, Charles Frederick Herreshoff III (18091888) and his wife, Julia Ann Lewis (18111901), Bristol, Rhode Island; by descent to their daughter, Caroline Louisa Herreshoff (18371924), Bristol, Rhode Island; by inheritance 1924 to her grandson, Wescote Herreshoff Chesebrough (19081979), Providence, Rhode Island; consigned to Gustave J. S. White, Inc. auction, Newport, Rhode Island, July 15, 1974; sold to John S. Walton, Inc., New York; sold to Elaine M. Wilde, Belmont, Massachusetts; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 2122, 2000, lot 709 [unsold]; gift to Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library, Delaware, 2005 |
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Associated namesJohn S. Walton, Inc.Westcote Herreshoff Chesebrough Gustave J. S. White, Inc. Charles Frederick Herreshoff III John Brown Caroline Louisa Herreshoff III Sarah "Sally" Brown Herreshoff Elaine M. Wilde Sotheby's |
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BibliographyGustave J. S. White, Inc., Newport, R.I., Property of Westcote Herreshoff Chesebrough at "Wakehurst," Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, sale cat. (July 15, 1974), ill."Gustave J. S. White, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 105, no. 6 (June 1974): 1265, ill. Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (January 2122, 2000), 384, lot 709. |