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PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY OF THE ORIGINAL OWNER
THE JABEZ BOWEN CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY BLOCK-AND-SHELL BUREAU TABLE
PROBABLY DOCUMENTED TO JOHN GODDARD (1724-1785), NEWPORT, 1763
Details
THE JABEZ BOWEN CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY BLOCK-AND-SHELL BUREAU TABLE
PROBABLY DOCUMENTED TO JOHN GODDARD (1724-1785), NEWPORT, 1763
retains the majority of its original brasses; with traces of probably original lettering, possibly A, B and E, in chalk on exterior of backs of three of the small drawers
32 in. high, 35 ¾ in. wide, 20 ½ in. deep
PROBABLY DOCUMENTED TO JOHN GODDARD (1724-1785), NEWPORT, 1763
retains the majority of its original brasses; with traces of probably original lettering, possibly A, B and E, in chalk on exterior of backs of three of the small drawers
32 in. high, 35 ¾ in. wide, 20 ½ in. deep
Provenance
Deputy Governor Jabez Bowen (1739-1815), Providence, Rhode Island
Possibly Oliver Bowen (1767-1804), son or Oliver’s wife Rebecca (Demont) Bowen (1777-1860), Providence, daughter-in-law
Mary Demont Bowen (1799-1878), Providence, daughter
Ednah Goodhue Bowen (1848-1913), Providence and Boston, first cousin once removed
Dorothy Flagg Bowen (1892-1974), niece
Thence by descent
Possibly Oliver Bowen (1767-1804), son or Oliver’s wife Rebecca (Demont) Bowen (1777-1860), Providence, daughter-in-law
Mary Demont Bowen (1799-1878), Providence, daughter
Ednah Goodhue Bowen (1848-1913), Providence and Boston, first cousin once removed
Dorothy Flagg Bowen (1892-1974), niece
Thence by descent
Literature
Donald F. Bowen, "A Clock Case by John Goddard," The Antiquarian (August 1930), p. 37.
The Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery, RIF7123 (forthcoming).
The Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery, RIF7123 (forthcoming).
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Julia Jones
Associate Specialist
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