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<p>[QUOTE="i need help, post: 4288930, member: 5718"]<font size="5"><b>Smith Ely (American, 1800 to 1884)</b></font></p><p>Smith Ely was a turner, chair maker, and merchant whose shop was at Broad and New Streets in New York, ca 1823-1837. He also sold undecorated chairs to other manufacturers who then decorated and sold them. See Monkhouse and Michie, The Magazine Antiques, June 1982. </p><p><br /></p><p>Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.internetantiquegazette.com/furniture/1826_ely_smith_american_furniture_maker/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.internetantiquegazette.com/furniture/1826_ely_smith_american_furniture_maker/" rel="nofollow">http://www.internetantiquegazette.com/furniture/1826_ely_smith_american_furniture_maker/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not familiar with this source, but some Furniture folks will be along.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="i need help, post: 4288930, member: 5718"][SIZE=5][B]Smith Ely (American, 1800 to 1884)[/B][/SIZE] Smith Ely was a turner, chair maker, and merchant whose shop was at Broad and New Streets in New York, ca 1823-1837. He also sold undecorated chairs to other manufacturers who then decorated and sold them. See Monkhouse and Michie, The Magazine Antiques, June 1982. Information courtesy of Cowan’s Auctions Inc. [URL]http://www.internetantiquegazette.com/furniture/1826_ely_smith_american_furniture_maker/[/URL] I'm not familiar with this source, but some Furniture folks will be along.[/QUOTE]
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