From: Private collection
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Desk and bookcase |
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Object numberRIF1443 |
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MakerMaker, formerly attributed to John Townsend, American, 1732/331809Maker Unknown Maker, formerly attributed to John Goddard, American, 17231785 |
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Dimensions90 1/2 × 45 1/2 × 22 in. (229.871 × 115.57 × 55.88 cm) |
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Date177085 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyProbably made in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); white pine (drawer linings) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceOriginally owned by Rev. Joseph Barker (17511815), Middleborough, Massachusetts. Henry V. Weil (18641943), New York; sold to Mrs. J. Amory Haskell (née Maragaret Moore Riker, 18641942), New York; consigned by her estate to Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, April 2629, 1944, lot 745; Cornelius C. Moore (18851970), Newport, Rhode Island; bequeathed to Providence College, Rhode Island, 1970. Israel Sack, Inc., New York. Christie's, New York, September 18, 1981, lot 543; private collection; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, October 2425, 1986, lot 246 |
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Associated namesChristie'sMrs. J. Amory Haskell Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. Reverend Joseph Barker Henry V. Weil Sotheby's Private Collection Israel Sack, Inc. Cornelius C. Moore Providence College |
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BibliographyChristie's, New York, Fine American Furniture, Silver, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (September 19, 1981), 131, lot 543, ill.Michael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport: The Townsends and Goddards (Tenafly, N.J.: MMI Americana Press, 1984), 31, fig. 1.13. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, The Americana Collection of the late Mrs. J. Amory Haskell, Part One, sale cat. (April 2629, 1944), 234235, lot 745. Helen Comstock, "The Haskell Collection," Antiques 155, no.4 (April 1944): 199, fig. 5. Sotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Folk Paintings, and Chinese Export Porcelain, sale cat. (October 2425, 1986), lot 246, ill. "Henry V. Weil advertisement," Antiques 17, no. 5 (November 1929): 419. |