Photo: Courtesy Newark Museum, N.J., purchase 1978 Anonymous Fund, 78.119
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Frame for embroidered needlework Aurora |
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Object numberRIF4928 |
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MakerRetailer Peter Grinnell and Son, active 18091828Maker William T. Grinnell, 17881835 (needlework) Abigail Eddy, 18001880 |
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DimensionsOverall: 23 1/4 × 27 1/4 × 24 in. (59.06 × 69.22 × 60.96 cm) |
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Date1813 |
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Current locationNewark Museum |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumGilded white pine; glass |
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Marks"PETER GRINNELL & SON, / PROVIDENCE, / Nearly opposite the Providence Bank, / HAVE FOR SALE, / An Assortment of elegant Gilt and Mahogany Framed / LOOKING GLASSES. / ALSO, / WINDOW-GLASS, of every size; large SHEET GLASS, which / they cut to any pattern; PAINTS, of all kinds; LINSEED, LAMP / and WHALE OIL ; BAR and SHEET LEAD, with a good assort / ment of / SHIP-CHANDLERY. / PORTRAIT, EMBROIDERY, and all kinds of PICTURE and / LOOKING-GLASS FRAMING executed in the neatest manner. / LIKEWISE, / OIL and BURNISH GILDING, HOUSE, SHIP, SIGN and ORNA / MENTAL PAINTING.," printed in black ink, on a paper label glued to backboard; "W. T. G. 1813," incised, on glass mat |
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Inscriptions"Abby Eddy," in black paint, on gold border; and "Aurora," in gold on black paint border on glass mat |
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ProvenanceAbigail Eddy (18001880), Providence, Rhode Island, 1813. Stradlings Antiques, New York, before 1978; sold to Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, 1978 |
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Associated namesAbigail EddyThe Stradlings |
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BibliographyBetty Ring, "Peter Grinnell and Son: Merchant-Craftsmen of Providence, Rhode Island," Antiques 117, no. 1 (January 1980): 213, 214, pl. II, fig. 46.Betty Ring, Let Virtue Be a Guide to Thee: Needlework in the Education of Rhode Island Women, 17301830, exh. cat. (Providence, R. I.: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1983), 19495, no. 97, ill. |