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Desk and bookcase |
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Object numberRIF576 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions81 × 35 3/4 × 22 in. (205.74 × 90.805 × 55.88 cm) |
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Date176090 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Warren, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); chestnut and pine (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceJonathan Martin, Warren, Rhode Island; by descent to May C. Smith; Harry Arons, Bridgeport, Connecticut, 1965. Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York, 1989 and 2003 |
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Associated namesJonathan MartinMartin family May C. Smith Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc. Harry Arons |
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BibliographyWallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury, 1st ed., 3 vols. (Framingham, Mass.: Old American Company Publishers, 192833), vol. 3, p. 437, ill."Harry Arons advertisement," Antiques 87, no. 6 (June 1965): 676, ill. Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., Gallery Catalogue (New York: Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., 19742020), vol. 3, p. 22. Michael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport: The Townsends and Goddards (Tenafly, N.J.: MMI Americana Press, 1984), 301, 305, pl. 17, fig. 8.1. "Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 135, no. 6 (June 1989): 1283, ill. |