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    		• French, Daniel Chester,
     
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    		• Bacon, Henry,
     
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    		• Norcross Brothers,
     
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    		• Roman Bronze Works,
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Allegory -- Time
     
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    		• Allegory -- Life
     
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    		• Homage -- Hazard, Rowland
     
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    		• Homage -- Hazard, Rowland Gibson
     
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    		• Homage -- Hazard, Frederick Rowland
     
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    		• Occupation -- Domestic
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- South Kingstown
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Weaver, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931, sculptor.
    Bacon, Henry, 1866-1924, architect.
    Norcross Brothers, contractor.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    The Weaver, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1918. Dedicated Oct. 23, 1920.
    Medium: 
    Relief: bronze; Base: brownstone.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 7 ft. x 9 ft. 1 1/2 in. x 14 in.
    Inscription: 
    Daniel Chester French/Roman Bronze Works, New York (Inscribed top:) "Life spins the thread Time weaves/the pattern God designed/the fabric of the stuff he leaves to men of noble mind." (Below relief:) In memory of a father and his sons/Rowland Hazard/1829-1898/Rowland Gibson Hazard/1855-1918/Frederick Rowland Hazard 1858-1917 (Carved on back of monument:) Dedicated October 23, 1920/To the blessed memory of these three men,/To the enrichment of life of this/village which they loved,/To the beauty of the common task,/To the commonality of noble spirits,/To the Glory of God,/Whose servants they were and are./Planned and inscribed/by/Caroline Hazard/Daughter and Sister signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A rectangular stone wall with a large rectangular bronze relief depicting a young male weaver sitting in front of an upright loom receiving a thread from a young woman holding a distaff in her proper left hand. Her proper right hand is raised and guides the thread to the weaver. She represents Life, and she hands the weaver the thread of life to be woven into the fabric of the day. The third figure is an older woman draped in a cloak holding an hour glass. She represents Time. The pattern that the young male weaver creates on his loom is a tapestry with scallops shells that represent the Hazard family crest, and pairs of doves that represent the family crest of Mary Peace (wife of Roland Hazard, I) for whom the village of Peace Dale is named.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Allegory -- Time
    Allegory -- Life
    Homage -- Hazard, Rowland
    Homage -- Hazard, Rowland Gibson
    Homage -- Hazard, Frederick Rowland
    Occupation -- Domestic -- Sewing
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- South Kingstown
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of South Kingstown, 180 High Street, Town Hall, South Kingstown, Rhode Island
    Located South Kingstown Public Library, 1057 Kingstown Road, South Kingstown, Rhode Island
    Remarks: 
    The monument was commissioned in 1918 by Caroline Hazard in honor of her father Rowland Hazard II (1829-1898) for the village of Peace Dale, where weaving was done at the Peace Dale Manufacturing Company founded by Caroline Hazard's great grandfather Rowland Hazard I in 1802. By the time the memorial was constructed, it became a memorial to her brothers, Rowland Gibson Hazard (1855-1818) and Frederick Rowland Hazard (1858-1917) as well. Miss Hazard's association with French began during her tenure as President of Wellesley College from 1899-1910. In 1909, she selected French to design a memorial for Alice Freeman Palmer to be erected on the grounds of Wellesley College. She felt confident that French could carry out her plans for the monument. The inscription above the relief was written by Miss Hazard. The monument is French's allegorical depiction of Miss Hazard's inscription. Architect Henry Bacon created the setting for the monument.
    Conservation: 
    Treated 2002 July. Daedalus Inc. (Watertown, MA). Treatment report is on file with owner and conservator.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey, 1993.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, RI5002, 1989.
    Monumental News, Jan., 1921, pg. 20.
    SOS Conservation Treatment Award, 2001.
    SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2003.
    Illustration: 
    Monumental News, Jan., 1921, pg. 20.
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS RI000007
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