Photo: Courtesy Yale University Art Gallery, Mabel Brady Garvan Collection 1930.2091
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Work table |
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Object numberRIF4594 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions28 3/4 × 25 1/8 × 18 3/4 in. (73.025 × 63.818 × 47.625 cm) |
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Date181025 |
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Current locationYale University Art Gallery |
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GeographyProbably made in Connecticut, or made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumSoft maple (primary); eastern white pine (glue blocks, drawer guides), yellow-poplar (drawer sides and back), and chestnut (drawer bottom) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsNone |
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ProvenanceHenry V. Weil (18641943), New York; sold to Francis P. Garvan (18751937), New York, 1925; given to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 1930 |
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Associated namesHenry V. WeilFrancis P. Garvan Mabel Brady Garvan |
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ConstructionThe frame rails are tenoned into the legs. Blocks are glued and nailed at both ends of each side rail. Bead moldings are nailed to the drawer front's outside edges. The drawer front and back are dovetailed to the sides. The bottom is nailed to the back and has feathered edges that fit into grooves in the front and sides. The joints between the sides and bottom are reinforced with glue blocks. Side runners and drawer guides are nailed to the sides of the frame, sand stops are glued in its back corners. Source: David L. Barquist, American Tables and Looking Glasses in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections and Yale University , (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 282. |
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See also |
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BibliographyDavid L. Barquist, Elisabeth Donaghy Garrett, and Gerald W. R. Ward, American Tables and Looking Glasses in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 281282, no. 155, ill. |