From: Eleanore Bradford Monahon, "The Rawson Family of Cabinetmakers in Providence, Rhode Island," Antiques 118 (July 1980): 139
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Pillar-and-claw breakfast table |
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Object numberRIF5199 |
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MakerMaker Samuel and Joseph Rawson, Jr., active 1826?52Alternate name(s): S. and J. Rawson, Jr. |
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DimensionsClosed: 29 × 26 × 41 1/2 in. (73.66 × 66.04 × 105.41 cm) |
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Date182835 |
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Current locationPrivate collection |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany and mahogany veneer (primary); pine and chestnut (secondary) |
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Marks"S. & J. RAWSON, JR. / CABINET MAKERS, / No. 68, Broad-Street, / GRATEFUL to their friends and the public for past / favors, and relying on the superior quality of / their work, for fashion and durability, take / this method to inform them that they / have constantly on had, and / are continually making, / CABINET FURNITURE, / IN ALL ITS VARIETY, / Of all descriptions, faithfully made of the best mat- / rials, / Which they will dispose of as cheap as any regular / Cabinet Maker in this town. / Knowing the deception in work made for / attention, we trust that if people would examine for / themselves, and compare the work and prices, that / business, so destructive to all good work, and de- / ceptive to the public, would have an end. / ALL ORDERS FAITHFULLY EXECUTED, / AND PUNCTUALLY ATTENDED TO, / Providence, May 1, 1828.," printed on paper label glued to table |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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StyleEmpire |
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ProvenanceBeneficent Congregational Church, Providence, Rhode Island. Private collection, 1980 |
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Associated namesBeneficent Congregational Church |
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BibliographyEleanore Bradford Monahon, "The Rawson Family of Cabinetmakers in Providence, Rhode Island," Antiques 118, no. 1 (July 1980): 139, pl. 6.Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 443n8. |