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Chest of drawers |
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Object numberRIF6692 |
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MakerMaker UnknownMaker, possibly by Peleg Weeden, 1772 - 1839 |
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Dimensions31 1/4 × 35 5/16 × 20 5/16 in. (79.4 × 89.7 × 51.6 cm) Case width: 33 1/4 in. (84.5 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Wickford, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut (primary); chestnut (backboards); pine (drawer linings) |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"This bureau for / Edith Weeden Potter / F A & M F Spink," in ink, on paper label glued inside top drawer |
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ProvenancePossibly Benjamin Fowler (17391818), Wickford, Rhode Island; by descent to his daughter Mrs. Peleg Weeden (née Mary Fowler, 17761858), Wickford, Rhode Island; by descent to her daughter Mrs. Nicholas N. Spink (née Huldah Ann Weeden, 18131893), North Kingston, Rhode Island; by descent to her daughters Frances Ann Spink (18461917) and Mary Fowler Spink (18491918), North Kingstown, Rhode Island; by descent to their neice Edith Weeden Spink Potter (18681947), Providence, Rhode Island. A house sale in Fayetteville, New York, ca. 2018; sold to White and White Antiques, Skaneateles, New York |
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Associated namesWhite and White AntiquesEdith Weeden Spink Potter Mary Fowler Spink Frances Ann Spink Huldah Ann Weeden Spink Mary Fowler Weeden Benjamin Fowler |
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See also |
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BibliographyMadelia Hickman Ring, "MidWeek Builds on Ruby Lane Online Partnership," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (August 28, 2020): 16, ill. |