Photo: Courtesy Stanley Weiss Collection, Providence, R.I.
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Library bookcase |
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Object numberRIF6538 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions95 × 70 × 24 in. (241.3 × 177.8 × 60.96 cm) |
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Date18001815 |
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Current locationThe Stanley Weiss Collection |
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GeographyMade in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany and light and dark wood inlay (primary); chestnut (drawer linings); pine (back boards, backing of drawer dividers, center case sides, bottom board) |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"L V[inverted] 4," in graphite, on exterior back of upper proper right exterior drawer; "V[inverted]" and overwritten with "6[upside down]" and "5 L," in graphite, on exterior back of lower proper right exterior drawer; "V[inverted] 4 R," in graphite, on exterior back of upper proper left exterior drawer and "3" and "R," in graphite, on underside; "V[inverted] 5 R," in graphite, on exterior back of upper proper left exterior drawer and "X," in graphite, on underside; "1," and mathematical calculations, in graphite, on underside of proper right interior long drawer and "1," in graphite on drawer divider below it; "2," in graphite, on underside of proper left interior long drawer and "top" and "2," in graphite, on drawer divider below it; "3," "4," "5," and "6," in graphite, on undersides of small interior drawers from left to right, and corresponding numbers on drawer dividers below them |
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StyleHepplewhite, Federal |
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ProvenanceA Boston family; Francis Hill Bigelow (18591933), Cambridge, Massachusetts; consigned to Anderson Galleries, New York, January 17, 1924, lot 72. Edward Burgess Aldrich (18711957), Providence, Rhode Island; Marjorie Rockwell (19101995), Loudonville, New York; consigned to Northeast Auctions, Hampton, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester), November 5, 1995, lot 492. Stanley Weiss Collection, Providence, Rhode Island, 2017 |
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Associated namesEdward Burgess AldrichFrancis H. Bigelow Northeast Auctions Marjorie Doyle Rockwell |
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NotesThe proper left and center cupboards are fitted with later drawers. |
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BibliographyAnderson Galleries, New York, Colonial Furniture: The Superb Collection of Mr. Francis Hill Bigelow of Cambridge, Mass., Part One, sale cat. (January 17, 1924), 3031, lot 72, ill.Northeast Auctions, Hampton, N.H., Important New Hampshire Auction: The Collection of Marjorie Doyle Rockwell, sale cat. (November 5, 1995), 23, lot 492, ill. "The Stanley Weiss Collection advertisement," Antiques and Fine Art 17, no. 4 (October-December 2017): 11, ill. Stanley Weiss and Brock Jobe, Fine American Antiques in the Stanley Weiss Collection (Providence, R.I.: The Stanley Weiss Collection, 2019), 5, sw00888, ill. |