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Slant-front desk |
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Object numberRIF6508 |
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MakerMaker Joseph Rawson, Sr., 17601835 |
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Dimensions45 × 41 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (114.3 × 105.41 × 52.07 cm) |
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Date17851800 |
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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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MediumCherry (primary); pine (secondary) |
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Marks"MADE / BY / Joseph Rawson, / PROVIDENCE," printed in black ink, on paper label glued to interior bottom of top exterior drawer |
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ProvenanceWalter Raymond Turner (18911975), Scituate, then Chepachet, then Greenville, then Riverside, and later Foster, Rhode Island; by descent to his daughter Mrs. Frederick Cottrell Clarke (née Dorothy Eaton Turner, 19302009), Jamestown, Rhode Island; thence by descent in her family |
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Associated namesWalter Raymond TurnerDorothy Eaton Turner Clarke |
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ConstructionThe single-board top meets the case sides in dovetail joints having finely cut pins of slightly varying configuration. The case back consists of multiple vertical boards of widely varying width, fixed with cut nails into rabbets in the case top and sides. The boards are deeply chamfered at the top; the boards at the lateral extremities are deeply chamfered at the sides adjacent to the case sides. Photographs courtesy of a private collection. |