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William B. Savage

Spinning Wheel Armchair
Now On View

Maker

Attributed to William B. Savage (American, active, 1880-1890)

Culture

American

Title

Spinning Wheel Armchair

Year

ca. 1886

Medium

  • red oak,
  • basswood,
  • and buttonwood

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • red oak,
  • basswood,
  • and buttonwood

Materials

white pine, red oak, ash (wood), silver maple, butternut, linden

Geography

Place Made: Boston; Place Made: Massachusetts

Dimensions

99.1 x 48.3 x 48.3 cm (39 x 19 x 19 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift in memory of Nathalie Lorillard Bailey Morris by Elizabeth Morris Smith

Object Number

78.157

Type

  • Furniture

Exhibition History

Conservation By Design
Oct 29, 1993 – Jan 16, 1994
Romanticism and Revival
Nineteenth-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Dec 04, 1992 – Jun 26, 1993
Cabinetmakers and Collectors
Colonial Furniture in Its Revival in Rhode Island
Oct 03, 1986 – Mar 01, 1987

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Tombstone

Attributed to William B. Savage (American, active, 1880-1890)
Spinning Wheel Armchair, ca. 1886
Red oak, basswood, and buttonwood
99.1 x 48.3 x 48.3 cm (39 x 19 x 19 inches)
Gift in memory of Nathalie Lorillard Bailey Morris by Elizabeth Morris Smith 78.157

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