From: Ott, Joseph K., "The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture" (Providence, R.I.: The Providence Historical Society, 1965): 108- 109.
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Desk and bookcase |
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Object numberRIF2125 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions89 × 39 × 24 in. (226.061 × 99.06 × 60.96 cm) |
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Date177085 |
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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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MediumMahogany (primary); cherry, cedar, chestnut, yellow poplar (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceGinsburg and Levy, Inc., New York, 1964; sold to Joseph K. Ott (19291994), Providence, Rhode Island |
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Associated namesGinsburg and Levy, Inc.Joseph K. Ott |
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BibliographyWendy A. Cooper and Tara L. Gleason, "A Different Rhode Island Block-and-Shell Story: Providence Provenances and Pitch-Pediments," American Furniture (1999): 201, fig. 60."Ginsburg and Levy, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 85, no. 2 (February 1964): 149. Joseph K. Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture, exh. cat. (Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965), 1089, no. 68, ill. Joseph K. Ott, "Some Rhode Island Furniture," Antiques 107, no. 5 (May 1975): 945, fig. 8. |