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From: Eleanore Bradford Monahon, "The Rawson Family of Cabinetmakers in Providence, Rhode Island," Antiques 118 (July 1980): 136
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Card table

Object number

RIF5041

Maker

Maker Joseph Rawson, Sr., 1760?1835

Dimensions

Closed: 28 3/8 × 35 3/4 × 17 3/4 in. (72.07 × 90.81 × 45.09 cm)

Date

1800–1805

Current location

Cranston Historical Society

Geography

Made in Providence, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany and mahogany and light wood inlay (primary); white pine and maple (secondary)

Marks

"MADE / BY / Joseph Rawson, / PROVIDENCE," printed on paper label glued to table

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Hepplewhite, Federal

Provenance

Cranston Historical Society, Rhode Island, by 1980

See also

Bibliography

Eleanore Bradford Monahon, "The Rawson Family of Cabinetmakers in Providence, Rhode Island," Antiques 118, no. 1 (July 1980): 136, fig. 6.