Photo: Courtesy Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke, 20.631; photo by Erik Gould
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Slant-front desk |
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Object numberRIF2506 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions40 1/2 × 35 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (102.87 × 90.17 × 52.07 cm) |
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Dateafter 1720 |
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Current locationRhode Island School of Design Museum |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMaple (primary); yellow poplar and pine (secondary) |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"Dighton," in ink, on exterior side of one of document drawers; "Durmon Cary," in chalk, on exterior back of bottom drawer; "Top, in chalk, on exterior back of proper-right small drawer; illegible inscription, in chalk, on exterior back of proper-left small drawer |
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ProvenanceWallace Nutting (18611941), Framingham, Massachusetts; sold to Arthur Leslie Green, Newport, Rhode Island; sold to Mrs. Gustav Radeke (née Eliza Greene Metcalf, 18541931), Providence, Rhode Island, 1916; given to Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1920 |
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Associated namesWallace NuttingArthur Leslie Green Eliza Greene Metcalf Radeke |
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ConstructionInterior lacks two drawers in center section. Interior cleaned of green paint to reveal original red stain. Half-round moldings missing on front. Bottom edge of base molding restored. Brasses are old but not original, and lower right pull replaced. Scalloped arch missing from top of interior. Source: Christopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie, American Furniture in Pendleton House (Providence, R.I.: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1986), 92. |
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BibliographyChristopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie, American Furniture in Pendleton House (Providence: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1986), 9293, no. 36, ill. |