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Chest of drawers |
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Object numberRIF6197 |
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MakerMaker, possibly by Joseph Rawson and Son, active 180826 |
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Date1813 |
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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 (primary); pine (secondary); ivory (pulls and keyhole escutcheons) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceCommissioned by Col. Seth Wheaton (17591827), Providence, Rhode Island, for the marriage of his daughter Mrs. Thomas Rivers (née Mary Wheaton, 17931871), Charleston, South Carolina, and Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to Robert Wheaton Rivers (18821945), Brookline, Massachusetts, and Santa Barbara, California; by descent to his wife Rosalie Channing Rivers (died 1963), Santa Barbara, California; by descent in the family |
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Associated namesColonel Seth WheatonMary Wheaton Robert Wheaton Rivers Rosalie Channing Rivers |
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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), 439n5. |