Photo: Courtesy Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Bequest of Jonathan Edwards Harlow in memory of Ella Hodges Harlow, 35.268; photo by Erik Gould
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Lady's secretary and bookcase |
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Object numberRIF1906 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions76 1/2 × 36 1/2 × 22 in. (194.31 × 92.71 × 55.88 cm) |
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Date180515 |
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Current locationRhode Island School of Design Museum |
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GeographyProbably made in Boston area, Massachusetts, Possibly made in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany and maple (primary); pine; chestnut (drawer bottoms); sheet glass (bookcase doors) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceJonathan Edwards Harlow (18521935), Newton, Massachusetts; bequeathed to Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1935 |
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Associated namesJonathan Edwards Harlow |
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BibliographyEleanore Bradford Monahon, "Providence Cabinetmakers of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries," Antiques 87, no. 5 (May 1965): 578, fig. 15.Christopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie, American Furniture in Pendleton House (Providence: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1986), 107, no. 46. Hedy B. Landman, "The Pendleton House at the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design," Antiques 107, no. 5 (May 1975): 923. Vernon C. Stoneman, A Supplement to John and Thomas Seymour Cabinetmakers in Boston 17941816 (Boston: Special Publications, 1965), 2728, no. no. 16. |