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High chest of drawers |
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Object numberRIF339 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions70 3/4 × 41 × 20 3/4 in. (179.7 × 104.1 × 52.7 cm) |
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Date176595 |
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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); chestnut (bottom board, top board, batten, blocks between bottom board and front rail in upper case); yellow poplar (back boards upper and lower case, drawer linings in lower case; backing for drawer dividers); pine (backing of stile in upper case, drawer supports, back and center support for two small drawers in upper case, drawer linings in upper case) |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceJohn S. Walton, New York, 1951; sold in 1954 to Ralph E. Carptenter, Jr., Scarsdale, New York, and later Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to his wife Roberta L. Carpenter (19382019), Newport, Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 24, 2020, lot 323. Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc., New York, 2020 |
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Associated namesJohn S. Walton, Inc.Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. Roberta L. Carpenter Christie's Bernard and S. Dean Levy, Inc. |
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Bibliography"Silver Jublilee Exhibitors," Antiques 60, no. 4 (October 1951): 262.Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., "Mowbra Hall and a Collection of Period Rooms: Part 2," Connoisseur (August 1972): 286, fig. 5. Laura Beach, "The Past Is Present in Newport: A Couple's Lifelong Love of Antiques," Antiques and Fine Art 6, no. 2 (Summer 2005): 124, ill. Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver, sale cat. (January 24, 2020), 1023, lot 323, ill. |