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THE ATWATER BEEBE CHIPPENDALE CHEST ON CHEST

Creator: Silas Rice (Workshop) (Attributed)
Offered by: Levy Galleries

Description
Provenance: Descended in the family of Brigadier General Henry Beebe Carrington (1824-1914) of Wallingford, Connecticut, possibly from his maternal grandmother, Mary Atwater (1796-1845) of Wallingford who married the Reverend Daniel Lewis Beebe (1763-1803) pastor of Woodbridge Congregational Church on February 29, 1792. Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc.; Private Collection, New York.

Reference: Illustrated and discussed in Thomas P. and Alice K. Kugelman with Robert Lionetti, Connecticut Valley Furniture, Eliphalet Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800, pages 410-411, number 188. This is where the attribution to Rice is made.

More Information

Origin:	United States, Connecticut
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Primary Wood: Cherry Secondary Wood: White Pine, Tulip Poplar, Cherry
Creation Date:	Wallingford, Connecticut, Circa 1792
Styles / Movements:	Traditional, Chippendale
Dealer Reference #:	6678
Incollect Reference #:	448413

Dimensions

W.	39 in;	H.	88 in;	D.	19.5 in;
W.	99.06 cm;	H.	223.52 cm;	D.	49.53 cm;

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