William Kent
Hall Bench

DesignerEnglish, 1685–1748
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Hall Bench
Datec. 1730
MediumVirginia walnut
DimensionsOverall: 39 1/4 × 54 1/2 × 23 1/2 in. (99.7 × 138.4 × 59.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase funded by the Brown Foundation Accessions Endowment
Object number2014.740
Current Location
Rienzi
Foyer
On view

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Object Type
Provenance[possibly Sidney Letts, London, U.K., c.1915]; [Charles Sneyers of The Tudor Rose Antiques, Haslemere, U.K., c. 1927]; [Christopher Gibbs (1938-2018), late 1970s]; Private collection, England; [Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers, Stansted Mountfitchet, U.K., 15 October 2013, Lot 69]; [Edward Hurst, Salisbury, U.K., 2014]; MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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