COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.10.125.83
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MMA_.10.125.83
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
2000
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2000
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Townsend, John
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Townsend, John
Creator Name
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Creator Dates/Places:
1732-1809
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1732-1809
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
Attributed to John Townsend
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Attributed to John Townsend
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
Bureau table
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Bureau table
Title
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Title Type:
Object name
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Object name
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
ca. 1765
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ca. 1765
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1763
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1763
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1767
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1767
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Mahogany, chestnut, tulip poplar, white pine
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Mahogany, chestnut, tulip poplar, white pine
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Furniture
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Furniture
Classification Term
false
Dimensions:
34 3/8 x 36 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (87.3 x 92.7 x 52.1 cm)
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34 3/8 x 36 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (87.3 x 92.7 x 52.1 cm)
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
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New York, New York, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
10.125.83
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10.125.83
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909
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Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909
Credit Line
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>
Rights
false
Context:
In eighteenth-century Newport, a thriving seaport ninety miles south of Boston, local cabinetmakers produced some of the most creative and uniquely American of all colonial furniture. One of their innovations was the introduction of carved, lobed shells to terminate the projecting or receding blocking on the fronts of chests and desks. On this example, a bureau table or kneehole chest, there are four shells in the distinctively elegant and crisp style of the master craftsman John Townsend.
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<P>In eighteenth-century Newport, a thriving seaport ninety miles south of Boston, local cabinetmakers produced some of the most creative and uniquely American of all colonial furniture. One of their innovations was the introduction of carved, lobed shells to terminate the projecting or receding blocking on the fronts of chests and desks. On this example, a bureau table or kneehole chest, there are four shells in the distinctively elegant and crisp style of the master craftsman John Townsend.</P>
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ad10.125.83..R.tif
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MMA_.ad10.125.83..R.tif
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