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Pembroke table |
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Object numberRIF410 |
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MakerMaker attributed John Townsend, American, 17321809 |
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DimensionsHeight: 27 1/4 x 19 x 34 in. (69.22 x 48.26 x 86.36 cm) |
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Date17851800 |
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Current locationPrivate collection |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); white pine, chestnut, yellow poplar, and maple (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceMrs. Elizabeth D. Church, Bristol, Rhode Island, by 1936; sold to Mr. Lammot du Pont Copeland (19051983) and Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland (née Pamela Cunningham, 19062001), Greenville, Delaware, 1936; consigned by their estate to Sotheby's, New York, January 19, 2002, lot 56; sold to a private collection |
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Associated namesElizabeth Dimond ChurchLammot du Pont Copeland Sotheby's |
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See also |
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BibliographyRalph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 16401820 (Newport, R.I.: Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), 84, no. 56, ill.Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland, sale cat. (January 19, 2002), 5255, lot 56, ill. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 379n12. |