Photo: Courtesy Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 79.023
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Object numberRIF2435 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions2 × 10 × 4 in. (5.08 × 25.4 × 10.16 cm) |
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Date183545 |
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Current locationRhode Island School of Design Museum |
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GeographyMade in Westerly, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumPine and gilding |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"Frederick Denison," inscribed, on underside of lid; "Indian / Translation / Judson," painted, on front |
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ProvenanceFirst Baptist Church (founded 1835), Westerly, Rhode Island; Reverend Frederic Denison (18191901), Westerly. Westerly Public Library; sold to Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, 1979 |
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Associated namesFirst Baptist Church, Westerly, Rhode IslandReverend Frederic Denison Westerly Public Library and Wilcox Park |
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NotesFrederick Denison was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Westerly and Adoniram Judson was a Baptist missionary who worked in Burma. The box is painted to resemble mahogany with yellow freehand decoration. |
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BibliographyChristopher P. Monkhouse, "American Furniture Recently Acquired by the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design," Antiques 118, no. 1 (July 1980): 130, pl. IV, ill.Christopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie, American Furniture in Pendleton House (Providence: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1986), 73, no. 19, ill. Nina Fletcher Little, Neat and Tidy: Boxes and Their Contents Used in Early American Households (New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1980), 188-191, ill. |