拍品 729
729
A FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY AND FLAME-BIRCH VENEERED DRESSING TABLE
A FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY AND FLAME-BIRCH VENEERED DRESSING TABLE

ATTRIBUTED TO JOSEPH RAWSON, SR. (1760-1835), PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1815

细节
A FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY AND FLAME-BIRCH VENEERED DRESSING TABLE
Attributed to Joseph Rawson, Sr. (1760-1835), Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1815
In two parts: the upper section with shaped crest centering two brass urn finials above a rectangular plate enclosed by an inlaid frame flanked by reeded supports and held by scrolled brackets with ivory-inset roundels over a recessed case fitted with three short veneered drawers with ivory pulls; the lower section with rounded outset corners above three graduated and veneered long drawers with ivory escutcheons flanked by ring-turned legs
73in. high, 38in. wide, 21in. deep

拍品专文

A similar dressing bureau attributed to Rawson is illustrated in Michie and Monkhouse, American Furniture in Pendleton House (Providence, 1986), p.68, fig.14. For more on Rawson see Eleanore Bradford Monahon, "The Rawson Family of Cabinetmakers in Providence, Rhode Island," Antiques, v.118 (July 1980), pp.134-47.