Image
American, Massachusetts Rhode Island
side chair, 1740-1770
Description
Maker
Culture
Title
side chair
Year
1740-1770
Medium
walnut; pine
Materials/Techniques
Dimensions
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101 x 55.9 cm (39 13/16 x 22 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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
Place
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Massachusetts; Rhode Island
Type
Credit
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Gift of Elliot Flint
Object Number
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37.258
Projects & Publications
Publications
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