Image
Unknown Maker, American
Description
Culture
Title
side chair
Year
Materials/Techniques
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Materials
pine, walnut Geography
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Place Made: Massachusetts; Place Made: Rhode Island
Dimensions
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101 x 55.9 cm (39 3/4 x 22 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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Label: Label on rear seat rail:This old William and Mary chair was made about 1725.It is supposed to have been handed down by inheritance to Moses Richardson(1775-1859) who was born in Attleboro, moved to Providence in 1803, owned and died in the house on Benevolent street at first back of the Parish House of Dr. Lord's Unitarian Church.The chair continued in the Richardson family until 1915, when Miss Richardson sold it to Eliot Flint, both of Providence, RI
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Elliot Flint
Object Number
37.258 Type
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