Photo: Courtesy Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Museum Appropriation Fund, 21.507; photo by Erik Gould
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Pembroke table |
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Object numberRIF3896 |
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MakerMaker UnknownMaker, possibly by John Carlile, Jr., American, 1762?1832, active 1781?1830 |
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Dimensions27 5/16 × 21 7/8 × 32 in. (69.37 × 55.56 × 81.28 cm) Width, open: 41 1/2 in. (105.41 cm) |
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Date17901810 |
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Current locationMuseum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany with ebony and light wood inlay (primary); cherry, maple, yellow poplar, and pine (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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StyleHepplewhite, Federal |
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ProvenanceAccording to tradition, originally owned by Deacon Isaac Peck (17651833), Providence, Rhode Island; given to his daughter, Mrs. Enoch Steere (née Rhoda Peck, 17941870), Providence, Rhode Island, 1816; bequeathed to her daughter, Mary Anna Steere; sold by her estate to Norman M. Isham (18641943), Providence, Rhode Island, 1903; sold to the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, 1921 |
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Associated namesDeacon Isaac PeckRhoda Peck Steere Mary Anna Steere Norman M. Isham |
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See also |
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BibliographyL. Earle Rowe, "John Carlile, Cabinetmaker," Antiques 6, no. 6 (December 1924): 311, ill.Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, "Two American Tables," Museum Notes 4 (1946): n.p. Christopher P. Monkhouse and Thomas S. Michie, American Furniture in Pendleton House (Providence: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1986), 128130, no. 66, ill. |