AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1988.32
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AMICA Library Year:
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1999
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Nationality:
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North American; American
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Creator Dates/Places:
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America (New York), 18th century
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Creator Name-CRT:
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America (New York), 18th century
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Title:
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Side Chair
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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c. 1760
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Creation Start Date:
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1755
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Creation End Date:
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1765
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Materials and Techniques:
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mahogany
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Classification Term:
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Furniture
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Classification Term:
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Woodwork
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 105.4cm x 57.2cm x 54.3cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1988.32
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Credit Line:
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Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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Inscriptions:
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pieced splat with initials of first owners: R M & L; seat cover with initials of second owner: C L G; Roman numeral VI incised on inner surface of rear seat rail.
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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Robert (1718-1775) and Margaret Beekman (1724-1800) Livingston of Clermont; their daughter Catherine Livingston Garreston (1752-1849; her daughter Mary Rutherford Garreston (d. 1879); several generations of the Tillotson Wainwright family.
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Context:
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Chairs with their splats pierced with a decorative monogram are rare in eighteenth-century English furniture, and this chair is part of a unique American set. The initials "R.M.L." are those of Robert (1718-1775) and Margaret Beekman (1724-1800) Livingston of Clemont, a house on the Hudson River north of New York City.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1988.32.tif
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