Photo: Courtesy Newport Restoration Foundation, 2002.227
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Child's desk-on-frame |
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Object numberRIF2472 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions35 1/4 × 30 1/4 × 16 1/4 in. (89.535 × 76.835 × 41.275 cm) |
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Date172050 |
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Current locationNewport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island |
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GeographyPossibly made in Rhode Island, Made in(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMaple (primary); chestnut (secondary) |
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Inscriptions"D R" branded on the valanced apron; "1" in pencil on interior front panel of upper right drawer. |
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ProvenanceMrs. Giles Whiting (née Flora Ettlinger, 18811971), New York; consigned by her estate to Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, April 1415, 2122, 1972, lot 565; sold to Doris Duke (19121993) for Newport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island, 1972; Whitehorne House Museum, Newport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island, from 1974 |
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Associated namesFlora Ettlinger WhitingDoris Duke |
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ConstructionThe grain of the bottom of the exterior drawer runs from side to side; the bottom is chamfered on the underside and fits into grooves in the drawer front and sides. The top and bottom rails join the case sides with a half dovetail. The batten ends of the slant lid have open tenons near the hinge. |
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BibliographySotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Important American Furniture: Property from the Estate of the Late Mrs. Giles Whiting, New York, sale cat. (April 1415, 2122, 1972), 87, lot 565. |