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    Seth Milton (I) Summerfield

    1886–1972

    Self-taught amateur maker. Coarse work with no blocks, linings, or purfling. Opaque commercial red-brown varnish. Signed internally. [Wenberg] — John Dilworth
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    SUMMERFIELD, Seth Milton (I) Born 1886, Worked from 1930, died 1972 Gatewood, West Virginia USA. Self-taught amateur maker. Coarse work with no blocks, linings, or purfling. Opaque commercial red-brown varnish. Signed internally. [Wenberg]

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