From: Joseph K. Ott, "Lesser-Known Rhode Island Cabinetmakers: The Carliles, Holmes Weaver, Judson Blake, The Rawsons, and Thomas Davenport." Antiques 121 (May 1982): 1160
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Chest of drawers |
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Object numberRIF22 |
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MakerMaker Holmes Weaver, American, 17691848, active 17961848 |
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Dimensions32 5/8 × 39 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (82.868 × 99.695 × 48.895 cm) |
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Date17981806 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); pine (secondary) |
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Marks"Holmes Weaver, / Cabinet and Chair-Maker/Meeting Street, / Newport" printed on a paper label |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceJoseph K. Ott (19291994), Providence, Rhode Island, before 1982 |
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Associated namesJoseph K. Ott |
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BibliographyJoseph K. Ott, "Lesser-Known Rhode Island Cabinetmakers: The Carliles, Holmes Weaver, Judson Blake, the Rawsons, and Thomas Davenport," Antiques 121, no. 5 (May 1982): 1158, pl. 2, ill.Michael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport: The Townsends and Goddards (Tenafly, N.J.: MMI Americana Press, 1984), 57, fig. 1.47. |