Photo: Courtesy Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, 1981.48.1
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Tilt-top table |
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Object numberRIF514 |
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MakerMaker, formerly attributed to John Goddard, American, 17231785Maker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 26 5/8 in. (67.63 cm) Diameter, top: 32 3/8 in. (82.23 cm) |
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Date174080 |
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Current locationThe Rhode Island Historical Society |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); cherry (cleats); maple (block) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsNone |
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ProvenanceOriginally owned by John Brown (17361803), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent in his family to John Nicholas Brown (19001979), Newport, Rhode Island, and Providence, Rhode Island, before 1974; consigned to Michael R. Corcoran, Newport, Rhode Island, July 15, 1974; sold to Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1974; sold to Wunsch Americana Foundation, New York, before 1975; given to the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, 1981 |
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Associated namesJohn BrownWunsch Americana Foundation, Inc. Israel Sack, Inc. John Nicholas Brown Michael R. Corcoran |
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NotesSecondary woods: cherry cleats; maple block |
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BibliographyPatricia E. Kane, "The Palladian Style in Rhode Island Furniture: Fly Tea Tables," American Furniture (1999): 5, fig. 4.John T. Kirk, American Furniture and the British Tradition to 1830 (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982), 363, fig. 1452. "Museum Accessions," Antiques 121, no. 6 (June 1982): 1334. American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 195789), vol. 5, p. 1143, no. P4068, ill. |