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Card tables, pair |
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Object numberRIF2864 |
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MakerMaker Joseph Rawson and Son, active 180826 |
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Dimensions29 1/4 × 35 3/4 × 17 1/4 in. (74.295 × 90.805 × 43.815 cm) |
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Date180815 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany and satinwood |
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Marks"JOSEPH RAWSON & SON, / Cabinet and Chair Makers, / NEAR THE THEATRE...SUGAR. LANE, / PROVIDENCE, / Rhode Island.," printed in black ink, on paper label glued on back of stationary rail on one table |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceColonel Edward Dexter (17701860), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to his granddaughter Jessie Dexter Shedd (born 1861), East Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to her granddaughter, Mrs. Douglas Kellogg (née Dorothy Shedd, 19162003) Eugene, Oregon; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, October 14, 1989, lot 353 |
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Associated namesSotheby'sColonel Edward Dexter Jessie Dexter Shedd Dorothy Shedd Kellogg |
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BibliographySotheby's, New York, Important American Furniture and Folk Art: Including Hudson River Paintings from the Collection of Maitland Lee Griggs, sale cat. (October 14, 1989), lot 353, ill. |