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Simeon Hazard

Workbox,

Maker

  • Simeon Hazard

Culture

American

Title

Workbox

Medium

mahogany veneer, mahogany, chestnut, cedar, pine, ivory

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • mahogany,
  • chestnut,
  • pine,
  • cedar and ivory

Techniques

  • Mahogany,
  • chestnut,
  • pine,
  • cedar and ivory

Dimensions

31.1 x 34.9 x 27.9 cm (12 1/4 x 13 3/4 x 11 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Label: Label: Furniture/and/Upholstery Warehouse/Simeon Hazard/Upholster/No. 1 Church Street/Newport, R.I./ Has on hand and is constantly manufacturing every article in the /Cabinet and Chair line./Upholstery Goods/of all kinds and the business as usual attended to in all its branches/Orders thankfully received and faithfully executed.
All surrounded by a Greek key border

Place

Place Made: United States of America

Type

  • Boxes

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Walton

Object Number

76.198

Workbox

American Furniture In Pendleton House

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Label: Label: Furniture/and/Upholstery Warehouse/Simeon Hazard/Upholster/No. 1 Church Street/Newport, R.I./ Has on hand and is constantly manufacturing every article in the /Cabinet and Chair line./Upholstery Goods/of all kinds and the business as usual attended to in all its branches/Orders thankfully received and faithfully executed.
All surrounded by a Greek key border

Place Made: United States of America

Publications

American Furniture In Pendleton House

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Exhibition History

Romanticism and Revival

December 4, 1992 - June 26, 1993

A Case for Boxes

October 16 - November 16, 1980

18th and 19th-Century American Galleries

Charles Pendleton House

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