Photo: Courtesy Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, Del., 1957.0601
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Lady's writing table and bookcase |
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Object numberRIF725 |
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MakerMaker Joseph Rawson and Son, active 180826 |
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Dimensions73 × 34 × 20 in. (185.42 × 86.36 × 50.8 cm) |
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Date181020 |
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Current locationWinterthur Museum, Garden, and Library |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany with light wood inlay (primary); cherry (doors); white pine (backboards and top of lower unit); chestnut (drawer linings); sheet glass (bookcase doors) |
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Marks"JOSEPH RAWSON & SON,/Cabinet and Chair Makers,/NEAR THE THEATRE . . . . .SUGAR LANE/PROVIDENCE,/Rhode Island" imprinted on paper label |
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ProvenanceColonel Seth Wheaton (17591827) and Mary Wheaton (17931871), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to their son-in-law, Thomas Rivers (17911841), Providence, Rhode Island. Israel Sack, Boston, by 1929; consigned to American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, Inc., New York, November 79, 1929, lot 371. Henry F. du Pont (18801969), Winterthur, Delaware; given to Winterthur Museum, Delaware, 1957 |
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Associated namesColonel Seth WheatonMary Wheaton Thomas Rivers Henry Francis du Pont |
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ConstructionFinials, escutheons, and drawer pulls replaced |
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BibliographyCharles F. Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period, 17881825 (New York: Viking Press, 1966), 234235, no. 191, ill.Anderson Galleries and American Art Association, New York, American Antiques: Collection of Israel Sack, Boston, Mass., sale cat. (November 79, 1929), 130131, lot 371, ill. Eleanore Bradford Monahon, "The Rawson Family of Cabinetmakers in Providence, Rhode Island," Antiques 118, no. 1 (July 1980): 140, fig. 11. Nancy Cooper, "Chats on Antiques," House Beautiful (July 1929): 70, fig. 2. |