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Stratford-on-Avon Pew Side Chair
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| Accession #: | 3321.86 |
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| Title: | Stratford-on-Avon Pew Side Chair |
| Object Type: | Chair |
| Participants: |
Davenport, Louis M. (user)
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| Physical Description: | Oak side chair with curved arms, marked "This chair was made from old carved pew taken from the church in which Shakespeare is buried in Stratford on Avon." All carved on the reverse of chair back. A Stratford-on-Avon pew made into a chair. |
| Description: | This chair is made from a Trinity Church pew end in the 1890s. A Stratford-On-Avon cabinet maker, Mr. Henry Holland Bullard, purchased the pew ends to make chairs and settees during a remodeling of the church, he sold the majority to a Miss F. H. Stearns of Boston, who then sold them to Tiffany Studios. |
| Category: | History |
| Related Objects: |
1758.46 (Cutter, Kirtland Kelsey, Chair, Stratford-On-Avon Pew Side Chair, 1898)
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| Subjects/Topics/Concepts: |
Decorative Arts (Decorative Arts), Furniture (Furnishing)
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| Geographical Reference: | England (International->Europe) |
| Dimensions: |
Object H x W x D 52 x 22 x 21 "
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| Materials/Techniques: |
oak (Material)
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| Related Exhibits: | |
| Credit Line: | The Estate of Lewis M. Davenport, Jr. |
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