Photo: Courtesy Stanley Weiss Collection, Providence, R.I.
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Chest of drawers |
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Object numberRIF5840 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Date18001815 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany and light and dark wood inlay (primary); chestnut (back boards); ivory (pulls) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceThe Stanley Weiss Collection, Providence, Rhode Island, 2010 |
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Associated namesStanley Weiss Collection |
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ConstructionThe oblong, bow-fronted, single-board top has a rounded, veneered edge and is secured to its conformingly shaped case, in part, by screw pockets in the upper of the two horizontal backboards. The upper backboard is fixed with rosehead nails to a batten beneath the case top. The case sides are routed to receive drawer supports. The backboards are chamfered at their sides to fit into grooves in the case sides. The backs of the rear legs are square-edge trapezoidal brackets. Notes compiled by T. B. Lloyd from photographs supplied by the Stanley Weiss Collection. |
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BibliographyPatricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 113n44, 439n5. |