From: Eleonore Monahon, "The Rawson Family of Cabinetmakers in Providence, Rhode Island," Antiques 118 (July 1980): 135-145
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High chest of drawers |
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Object numberRIF1987 |
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MakerMaker, attributed to Grindall Rawson, 17191803Alternate name(s): Grindal Rawson |
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Dimensions72 × 38 3/4 × 22 in. (182.88 × 98.425 × 55.88 cm) |
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Date175070 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumCherry (primary); chestnut and pine (secondary) |
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ProvenanceSilas Cook (17331777), Mendon, Massachusetts; by descent in the family to his granddaughter, Mrs. George Burrill Rawson (née Sarah Cook, 18061876); by descent in the Rawson family |
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Associated namesSilas CookSarah Cook |
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BibliographyEleanore Bradford Monahon, "The Rawson Family of Cabinetmakers in Providence, Rhode Island," Antiques 118, no. 1 (July 1980): 134, pl. 1, ill.Wendy A. Cooper and Tara L. Gleason, "A Different Rhode Island Block-and-Shell Story: Providence Provenances and Pitch-Pediments," American Furniture (1999): 189, fig. 29, 30. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 317, 320n6, no. 61, fig. 4. |