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Card table |
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Object numberRIF5540 |
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MakerMaker Samuel and Joseph Rawson, Jr., active 182652Alternate name(s): S. and J. Rawson, Jr. |
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DimensionsClosed: 29 1/2 × 36 × 18 in. (74.93 × 91.44 × 45.72 cm) |
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Date182635 |
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Current locationStanley Weiss Collection |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany |
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Marks"Furnit[ure Warehouse] / S. & J. Rawson, Jr. / NO. 68, BROAD STREET, / HAVE CONSTANTLY ON HAND, OF THEIR OWN MANUFACTURE, AND WILL MAKE TO ORDER, / ALL KINDS OF / CABINET FURNITURE, / SUCH AS / SIDEBOARDS, SECRETARIES AND BOOK-CASES, SOFAS, &C. / Which they will dispose of as cheap as any Cabinet Maker in town. / ALSO, / PIER TABLES, a very superior article; / Pillar, Claw, Card and Dining TABLES; / WARDROBES, BUREAUS; / Mahogany and birch BEDSTEADS / ALL ORDERS FROM A DISTANCE WILL BE THANKFULLY RECEIVED AND PUNC / TUALLY ATTENDED TO," printed on paper label |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceGustave J. S. White Co., Portsmouth, Rhode Island, January 28, 2004; sold to the Stanley Weiss Collection, Providence, Rhode Island |
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Associated namesGustave J. S. White, Inc. |
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See also |
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Bibliography"Gustave J. S. White Company, Rhode Island Estates Auction, advertisement," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (January 23, 2004): 75, ill.Jackie Sideli, "Labeled Card Table Sells in Rhode Island," Maine Antique Digest (May 2004): 40-C, ill. "An Important Gilt Stenciled Classical Card Table labeled by "Rawson," Providence, R.I., c. 1825," http://www.tildenthurber.com/stanleyweiss/pages/items6/sw00621.html (accessed June 12, 2012). |