Photo: Courtesy Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Gift of Ida Ballou Littlefield, 84.023; photo by Erik Gould
Click the image to enlarge
|
Card table |
|
Object numberRIF3894 |
||
MakerMaker Joseph Rawson and Son, active 180826Retailer Samuel and Joseph Rawson, Jr., active 182652 Alternate name(s): S. and J. Rawson, Jr. |
||
DimensionsClosed: 29 1/2 × 35 13/16 × 17 7/16 in. (74.93 × 90.96 × 44.29 cm) Depth, open: 36 in. (91.44 cm) |
||
Date181526 |
||
Current locationRhode Island School of Design Museum |
||
GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
||
MediumMahogany, mahogany veneer, and lightwood inlay (primary); pine (secondary) |
||
MarksSuperimposed label of Joseph Rawson and Son, and S. and J. Rawson, Jr., on back rail |
||
InscriptionsUnknown |
||
ProvenanceRonald Bourgeault, Hampton, New Hampshire; sold to Ida Ballou Littlefield (18941988), Providence, Rhode Island; given to the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1984 |
||
Associated namesIda Ballou LittlefieldRonald Bourgeault |
||
BibliographyChristopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie, American Furniture in Pendleton House (Providence: Rhode Island School of Design Museum, 1986), 142, no. 80, ill."Museum Notes," Rhode Island School of Design (1983): vol. 71, no. 2 (October 1984): 18. |