{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/2/context.json","@type":"sc:Manifest","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/bac80fa8-8bb9-4ca4-8587-f100029c019c/manifest","label":"1976-0453","metadata":[{"label":"BFA Number","value":"1976-0453"},{"label":"Source","value":"Decorative Arts Photographic Collection"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Metadata and images digitized from the Decorative Arts Photographic Collection of the Winterthur Library. For reproduction requests or more information, contact DAPC at reference@winterthur.org."},{"label":"Current Owner","value":"Unknown"},{"label":"Context","value":"Although the shaving stand was made in the Federal style and in two separate advertisements in Antiques (February 1976 and April 1990) was said to have been made in the 1820s, there is reason to believe that the stand was made after 1840. The label indicates the maker as James G. Blake, 12-20 Cornhill, and while there is a James Blake that DID work on Cornhill in the 1820s, it was 28 Cornhill. According to the Boston Directories, the James Blake working in 1820 was not James G. Blake (as stamped on the object). Likely, James Blake is the father of James G. Blake, the latter wasn't born until 1810. In the Boston Directories, after 1846, Blake is listed as working out of 12 Cornhill, which corresponds with the address stamped on the object [...12 to 20 Cornhill]. In the mid-1840s to 1860s, James G Blake, Jr. worked (for a short time without a partner) at 12 Cornhill and is listed as in the business of furniture and upholstery."},{"label":"Subjects (AAT)","value":["Shaving stands"]},{"label":"Subjects","value":["Stands (Furniture)"]},{"label":"Bibliography","value":"Advertisement: ?Ç£Elizabeth R. Daniel, Gooseneck Antiques,?Ç¥ Antiques 109, no. 2 (February 1976): 265.  Advertisement: ?Ç£Elizabeth R. Daniel, Gooseneck Antiques,?Ç¥ Antiques 137, no. 4 (April 1990): 791."},{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Height 32.5 in. (82.6 cm), Width 28.5 in. (72.4 cm), Depth 8 in. (20.3 cm)"},{"label":"Description","value":"Federal-style shaving stand constructed of mahogany.  The rectangular frame of the looking glass is rounded at corners and appears to be made of four pieces of molding. The looking glass is flanked by side supports that taper from bottom to top in two curved sections and terminating in a point where the brass thumb screws tighten to hold the mirror in position.  The drawer box is in three sections: two square drawers and a central rectangular drawer. From the outer sections, the top of the drawer box slopes centrally inward to accommodate the bottom of the looking glass and frame. The square drawers have one knob each and the rectangular drawer has two, as well as a central keyhole. The pull bases of the knobs have gear-shaped profiles.  The case sits on four compressed ball feet."},{"label":"Date Digitized","value":"7/19/2018"},{"label":"Marks, Signatures, and Inscriptions","value":"Stenciled label: [FROM / JAMES G BLAKE / UPHOLSTERY / AND / FURNITURE / 12 to 20 Cornhill / BOSTON]."},{"label":"Materials","value":"Mahogany; Brass"},{"label":"Style","value":["Federal"]},{"label":"Basis of Date","value":"Date range based on 1850 Boston Directory listing for James Gorham Blake, furniture and upholstery, working at 12 Cornhill, which corresponds with the maker's label on the object."},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1840 - D:00 M:00 Y:1860"},{"label":"Basis of Origin","value":"Indicated by label."},{"label":"Place of Origin","value":"Boston, Massachusetts"},{"label":"Basis of Maker Attribution","value":"Labeled by maker. James Gorham Blake, Jr. (referred to in city directories as either James Jr., James Gorham, or J. G.) partnered with William Gridley, Jr., under the name Gridley, Blake & Co. (1816-1829). From 1830-1832, Blake partnered with Alvah Kittredge under the name Blake & Kittredge. Charles Blake joined the partnership about 1833; the business was then known as Kittredge & Blakes. William V. Alden served as a clerk for the business, which operated until 1849. James Gorham Blake, Jr. continued to operate under his own name at 12 Cornhill, previously the home of Kittredge & Blakes. From about 1859-about 1861 Blake partnered with Charles W. Davenport under the name Blake & Davenport. Blake continued business under his own name until his death in 1868."},{"label":"Maker","value":["Blake, James Gorham, Jr., manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer, about 1810-1868, active about 1834-1868"]},{"label":"Other Name","value":"Shaving table"},{"label":"Object Type","value":["Stand"]},{"label":"Object Use","value":"Support furniture"},{"label":"Category","value":"Furniture"},{"label":"Title","value":"Shaving stand"},{"label":"Date Modified","value":"7/19/2018"}],"description":"Shaving stand","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/bac80fa8-8bb9-4ca4-8587-f100029c019c/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"dapc_1976-0453-001_front","height":1500,"width":1225,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/fdaee293-46e8-4cfc-bf45-a6515d0af2d0/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/fdaee293-46e8-4cfc-bf45-a6515d0af2d0","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1500,"width":1225},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/bac80fa8-8bb9-4ca4-8587-f100029c019c/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/fdaee293-46e8-4cfc-bf45-a6515d0af2d0/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/bac80fa8-8bb9-4ca4-8587-f100029c019c/canvas/_2","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"dapc_1976-0453-002-label","height":1163,"width":1500,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/e77170ef-1874-47be-96e7-72f14d574c13/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/e77170ef-1874-47be-96e7-72f14d574c13","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1163,"width":1500},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/bac80fa8-8bb9-4ca4-8587-f100029c019c/canvas/_2","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/e77170ef-1874-47be-96e7-72f14d574c13/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/fdaee293-46e8-4cfc-bf45-a6515d0af2d0/full/300,300/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/logo"}