Photo: Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991.222
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Chest of drawers |
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Object numberRIF1657 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions36 × 42 × 24 in. (91.44 × 106.68 × 60.96 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts, or possibly made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); pine (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceBy descent in the Winsor, Taylor, Bishop, and Mowry families, Providence, Rhode Island. Ginsburg and Levy, New York, 1955. Benjamin Ginsburg Antiquary, New York, 1978. Benjamin Ginsburg (19041994) and Cora Kling Ginsburg (19102002), New York; given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1991 |
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Associated namesWinsor familyTaylor family Bishop family Mowry family Ginsburg and Levy, Inc. Benjamin Ginsburg Cora Kling Ginsburg |
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NotesThe swept back side talons on the feet and the central drop on the skirt would seem to indicate a Massachusetts origin, but the Providence history of this chest of drawers and the presence of yellow poplar in a related example (RIF1658) have sometimes led to Rhode Island attributions of origin for chests of this type. |
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Bibliography"Ginsburg and Levy, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 67, no. 1 (January 1955): 15, ill.Joseph K. Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture, exh. cat. (Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965), 7879, no. 53, ill. "Benjamin Ginsburg Antiquary advertisement," Antiques 113, no. 4 (April 1978): 697, ill. |