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High chest of drawers |
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Object numberRIF813 |
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MakerMaker attributed John Townsend, American, 17321809 |
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Dimensions82 x 40 1/4 x 21 in. (208.28 x 102.235 x 53.34 cm) |
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Date176070 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); chestnut and yellow poplar (secondary) |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceElisha Dyer (17701845) Providence, Rhode Island; by descent in his family to Elisha Dyer, Jr., Washington, Connecticut |
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Associated namesElisha DyerElisha Dyer, Jr. |
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BibliographyJames Biddle, American Art from American Collections: Decorative Arts, Paintings, and Prints of the Colonial and Federal Periods from Private Collections, exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1963), 30, no. 56, ill.James Biddle, "American Art from American Collections," Antiques 83, no. 3 (March 1963): 312, fig. 8. Clifford P. Monahon, "John Brown House Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture," Rhode Island History 24, no. 2 (April 1965): cover, ill. Joseph K. Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture, exh. cat. (Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965), 9293, no. 60, ill. Morrison H. Heckscher, "John Townsend's Block-and-Shell Furniture," Antiques 121, no. 5 (May 1982): 1152, fig. 22. Michael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport: The Townsends and Goddards (Tenafly, N.J.: MMI Americana Press, 1984), 145, 180181, fig. 3.100, 3.100a-b. |