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Article: A recently discovered Rhode Island furniture maker, Ichabod Cole.
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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One of the first discoveries made by Yale University's ongoing project to record Rhode Island furniture makers and their products created between 1636 and 1800 was revealed in the pages of this magazine a year ago. (1) Since then, as we have continued to expand and fund this comprehensive resource, known formally as the Yale University Rhode Island Furniture Archive, or YURIFA, new findings have come to light, including the exciting identification of a previously unknown maker, who can be tied to three desk-and-bookcases.
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During the past year, while my colleague Dennis Carr and I were visiting a pair of ...