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John and Hugh Finlay and Francis Guy

Armchair with a view of Rose Hill

1799-1809

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Armchair with a view of Rose Hill

1799-1809

Physical Qualities Maple and ash painted black with gilt and polychrome decoration, 33 3/4 x 22 1/4 x 21 in. (85.7 x 56.5 x 53.3 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Lydia Howard de Roth and Nancy H. DeFord Venable in Memory of their Mother, Lydia Howard DeFord; and Purchase Fund
Object Number 1966.26.4
'Rose Hill'
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Katherine Scarborough, Unique Record of Baltimore Mansions, 'The Baltimore Sun,' March 1, 1936, p. 11
BMA 'News,' June 1944, pp. 4-5
'Antiques,' Vol. XC, No. 3, Sept. 1966, p. 374, repro. 66.26.8
Elder, William Voss. Baltimore Painted Furniture, 1800-1840. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1972, cat no. 3, page 23.
William Voss Elder III and Jayne E. Stokes, American Furniture 1680-1880, Baltimore: BMA, 1987, no. 29, pp. 45-47 [BMA 1966.26.3], no. 39, pp. 59-60 [BMA 1966.26.12], no. 121, pp. 161-163 [BMA 1966.26.13].

Workshop

John and Hugh Finlay

1802–1840

active 1803-1841
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Decorator

Francis Guy

1759–1819

American, born England, 1760-1820
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