Samuel Loomis (1748–1814) was a
Connecticut
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furniture maker and the most celebrated maker of
Colchester
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Colchester occupies the ...
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Norwich
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style furniture.
External links
"Chest on chest"by Samuel Loomis, 1780–1785, in the collection of th
Wadsworth Atheneum"Desk" by Samuel Loomis, about 1770, in the collection of the https://www.thewadsworth.org/explore/collection/american-decorative-arts/
Masterpiece of Samuel Loomis
Samuel Loomis Connecticut Masterpiece Brings $408,000 At Northeast Auction.
American cabinetmakers
American furniture designers
People from colonial Connecticut
1748 births
1814 deaths
Businesspeople from Connecticut
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