Remains- BA Harrington

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BA Harrington
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BA Harrington is a visual artist who references colonial and early American furniture with the purpose of revealing her own personal history.

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Hadley Chests
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The Hadley chest is a type of dower chest, named for the town of Hadley in Massachusetts, with front carved vines and tulips in the front panels.

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Furniture as a social history
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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich discusses the role of gender in early American furniture, including the dower chest's association with embroidery.

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Channels: American ArtBA HarringtonContemporary ArtDecorative Arts

Conceptual artist BA Harrington uses dower chests, as well as the dichotomy between female labor and male labor, as her inspiration for the sculptural installations in Remains. The Remains exhibition took place at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

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