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Desk and bookcase |
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Object numberRIF2803 |
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MakerMaker UnknownMaker formerly attributed Joseph Rawson, Sr., 17601835 |
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DimensionsHeight: 107 in. (271.781 cm) Width: 46 in. (116.84 cm) |
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Date18001810 |
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Current locationThe Stanley Weiss Collection |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); cherry and white pine (secondary) |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"This bookcase, once used by Chief Justice Tristram Burgess, was bought from the Burgess heirs by Chief Justice Charles S. Bradley and after his death was bought by C. L. Pendleton, who sold it to R. G. Hazard, in March, 1901," engraved, on brass plaque affixed to interior of prospect door |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceChief Justice Tristram Burgess (17701853), Providence, Rhode Island; sold by his heirs to Chief Justice Charles S. Bradley (18191888), Providence, Rhode Island; sold by his estate to Charles L. Pendleton (18461904), Providence, Rhode Island; sold to Rowland Gibson Hazard (born 1829), Newport, Rhode Island, 1901. R. T. Trump and Co., Inc., Philadelphia, 1972. Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, April 30, May 1, 1976, lot 490. Pook and Pook, Downingtown, Pennsylvania, April 16, 2011, lot 305; sold to Stanley Weiss, Providence, Rhode Island |
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Associated namesTristram BurgessChief Justice Charles S. Bradley Charles L. Pendleton Rowland Gibson Hazard Sotheby Parke Bernet R. T. Trump and Co., Inc. Unknown Pook and Pook, Inc. |
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Bibliography"R. T. Trump and Co., Inc., advertisement," Antiques 101, no. 5 (May 1972): 785."R. T. Trump and Co., Inc., advertisement," Antiques 101, no. 5 (May 1972): 785. Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Fine Americana, sale cat. (April 31May 1, 1976), lot 490, ill. Wendy A. Cooper and Tara L. Gleason, "A Different Rhode Island Block-and-Shell Story: Providence Provenances and Pitch-Pediments," American Furniture (1999): 179, fig. 15. Lita Solis-Cohen, "A Decorated Seed Chest, a Rare Carpet, and the Easter Bunny," Maine Antique Digest (June 2011): 8B. "Lot 305, The Chief Justice Tristram Burgess Rhode Island Chippendale mahogany secretary desk, ca. 1795," http://www.pookandpook.com/cat/2011-04-16/305 (accessed April 6, 2011), lot 305. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 322n2. |