Photo: Courtesy Rhode Island Furniture Archive
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Desk-on-frame |
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Object numberRIF2480 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Date172040 |
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Current locationJohn Stevens Shop |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumPine |
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StyleVernacular |
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ProvenanceJohn Stevens Shop (founded 1705 by John Stevens, 1646-1736), Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to his sons John Stevens II (1703-1778) and William Stevens (1710-1794), Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to John's son, John Stevens III (1753-1817), Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to Edwin Stevens (died 1900), Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to his brother-in-law Edwin Burdick, Newport, Rhode Island; shop and contents sold 1927 to John Howard Benson (19011956), Newport, Rhode Island, by descent to his son John E. Benson, Newport, Rhode Island, by descent to his son Nicholas Benson, Newport, Rhode Island. |
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Associated namesJohn StevensJohn Stevens Shop |
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NotesThis desk was in the shop (est. 1705) of the Newport stonecarver John Stevens and is believed to be the original desk in the shop. |
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BibliographyPatricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 195n1. |