Photo: Courtesy Newport Restoration Foundation, Newport, R.I., 2002.41
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High chest of drawers |
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Object numberRIF2479 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions70 1/2 × 40 × 21 1/2 in. (179.07 × 101.6 × 54.61 cm) |
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Date174060 |
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Current locationNewport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMaple |
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Inscriptions"Repaired by Martha Smith December 15, 1897" in graphite underside top left drawer; "Left" in graphie backside of top left drawer; "right" and "2" in graphite backside of top right drawer; "1" in graphite backside and underside of bottom of top long drawer; "2" in graphite backside of second long drawer; "3" in graphite backside of third long drawer ; "X" incised inside of middle frieze drawer; "X" in graphite backside of bottom left drawer |
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ProvenanceEllen F. Townsend (18091887), Newport, Rhode Island; bequeathed to William P. Sheffield (18191907), Newport; by descent to his grandson, Samuel S. Sheffield, Cleveland; by descent to Mrs. Frances Joseph (née Frances Sheffield), Ruckston, Maryland, February 1972. Newport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island, before 2002 |
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Associated namesFrances Sheffield JosephsEllen F. Townsend S. S. Sheffield William P. Sheffield |