Photo: Courtesy Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mauran, 80.281; photo by Erik Gould
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High-post bed |
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Object numberRIF986 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions99 × 66 × 81 in. (251.461 × 167.64 × 205.74 cm) |
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Date18001820 |
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Current locationMuseum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design |
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GeographyProbably made in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); cherry (secondary); ivory |
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StyleEmpire |
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ProvenanceEdward Carrington, Providence, Rhode Island, or Sullivan Dorr (17781858), Providence; by descent to Frank Mauran III (born 1925) and his wife, Providence; given to the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1980 |
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Associated namesGeneral Edward CarringtonSullivan Dorr Frank Mauran III |
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BibliographyJoseph K. Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture, exh. cat. (Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965), 136137, no. 89, Detail on p.171, fig. 89, ill."Museum Notes," Museum Notes (1981): 15, ill. Carla Mathes Woodward and Franklin W. Robinson, eds., A Handbook of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, exh. cat. (Providence, R.I.: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1985), 321, no. 275, ill. Christopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie, American Furniture in Pendleton House (Providence: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1986), 218222, no. 163, ill. |