Photo: Courtesy The Chipstone Foundation, Fox Point, Wis., 1960.9; photo by Gavin Ashworth
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Pipe box |
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Object numberRIF972 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions19 1/4 × 4 7/8 × 4 in. (48.895 × 12.383 × 10.16 cm) |
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Date17601800 |
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Current locationThe Chipstone Foundation |
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GeographyProbably made in Rhode Island, or made in Connecticut(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumPine (drawer); yellow poplar (box) |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"Annie / Johnson," in graphite, on outer face of proper right drawer side; "Annie Johnson / Greene / R.I.,"on paper label, attached to proper right drawer side; "Guilford Ct." and "Annie Johnson," in graphite, on backboard |
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Stylevernacular style |
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ProvenanceAnnie Johnson Greene, Rhode Island. Whimsey Antiques, Arlington, Vermont; sold to Polly Mariner Stone (18981995) and Stanley Stone (18961987), Fox Point, Wisconsin, 1960; bequeathed by Stanley Stone to The Chipstone Foundation, Fox Point, Wisconsin, 1987 |
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Associated namesAnnie Johnson GreeneWhimsey Antiques Polly Mariner Stone Stanley Stone |
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ConstructionThe bottom is dovetailed to the sides; the front and back are nailed to the sides. The drawer sides are dovetailed in front and back; the beveled drawer bottom fits into grooves in the front and sides and is nailed to the back. Source: Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, American Furniture at Chipstone, (Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984), 394. |
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BibliographyOswaldo Rodriguez Roque, American Furniture at Chipstone (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984), 394395, no. 186, ill. |