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38" long. Date carved in stick 6 inches from the top is 2A
1847. It was Purchased August, 1998 in Statesville, N. C.


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31" x 27- 1 /2". Loan to the City of Falls Church by Margaret McGill, granddaughter of Ida Jane. Gilt frame- c.l860. Rococo style outer frame c. 1860-1870.
Granddaughter says painting was done when child was six or seven.
No indication as to…

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Mezzotint steel engraving. From a painting by John Trumbell, Esq., New York - printed and published by J. Neale, 56 Carmine St. Engraved by N.S. Sadd, N.Y. Purchased by FCHF Nov. 25,1995 at Westminster Antique Mall, Westminster, Md.

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Crotch-grained mahogany veneer

American Empire style. Hand carved with crotch-grained mahogany veneer. The seats are covered in needle point done in silk floss with gold woven into the tape.

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American Empire style. Hand carved, crotch-grained mahogany veneer and plain boxing,

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Empire style. Rolled crest rail. scrolled arm supports. Ogee seat rail and feet. Crotch mahogany veneer. All original except for reupholstered seat. (Horsehair was taken from the tail and mane of horse. Tail hair was most desirable and described…

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A painting of a unknown gentleman of the period with a wooden frame. Attributed to A J. Riley who has no relation to Cherry Hill Rileys. Chelsea. London. England.

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It was made in the American Empire style with crotch grained mahogany veneer on the side and four brass claw feet.
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