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Sideboard

Object number

RIF2181

Maker

Maker Joseph Rawson and Son, active 1808–26

Dimensions

40 1/4 × 58 × 22 1/4 in. (102.235 × 147.32 × 56.515 cm)

Date

1815–28

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Providence, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany and maple

Marks

"Joseph Rawson and Son's / CABINET FURNITURE/MANUFACTOR, / NEAR THE THEATRE, / PROVIDENCE / All kinds of Cabinet Furniture executed in the newest Fashions.," printed in black ink, on a paper label glued in upper right hand drawer

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

The Loft, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1946. Christie's, New York, October 21, 1989, lot 277

Associated names

The Loft
Christie's

See also

Bibliography

"Shop Talk," Antiques 50, no. 6 (December 1946): p.370.
Christie's, New York, Fine American Furniture, Silver, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (October 21, 1989), lot 277.