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Banister-back side chairs, pair |
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Object numberRIF445 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions.1: 39 1/8 × 19 1/4 × 14 1/4 in. (99.38 × 48.9 × 36.2 cm) .2: 39 × 19 5/8 × 15 in. (99.06 × 49.85 × 38.1 cm) |
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Date172040 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumChair with older seat: maple and ash (primary); maple and oak (secondary); chair with replaced seat: maple (primary); oak and maple (secondary) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsNone |
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ProvenanceJohn Stevens Shop (founded 1705), Newport, Rhode Island; sold 1927 to John Howard Benson (19011956), Newport, Rhode Island, by descent in his family |
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Associated namesJohn Stevens ShopMr. John Howard Benson |
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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), 194195, no. 25. |