Photo: Courtesy Nathan Liverant and Son, Colchester, Conn.
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Object numberRIF4995 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); chestnut (drawer linings, central brace under the top, and glue blocks between the top and front and rear rails); white pine (blocks tenoned into the frame and nailed to the top, drawer supports); yellow poplar (drawer guides) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsIllegible graphite inside drawer back with element at center probably a numeral; "II," in graphite, on proper right exterior drawer side |
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ProvenanceNathan Liverant and Son, Colchester, Connecticut, 2010 |
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Associated namesNathan Liverant and Son |
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ConstructionThe top is attached to the frame with two blocks on each of the side rails that are tenoned into the rails and nailed to the top and through a brace that runs between the front and back rails and is nailed and screwed to the top. The joints of the top and the front and back rails are reinforced with glue blocks. Each joint of the rails and legs is secured with two pins. The drawer bottom is let into grooves in the sides and front and is nailed to the underside of the back with sprigs. Half-blind dovetails secure the sides to the drawer front. The top edges of the drawer sides are rounded and are somewhat lower than the drawer front; the top edge of the drawer back is flat with a very slight chamfer along the back edge. The brass appears to be original. Examined by P. E. Kane, June 28, 2011. |
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Bibliography"Nathan Liverant and Son advertisement," Antiques 178, no. 4 (Summer 2010): 7, ill. |