Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Christie's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Table
	Object number RIF593
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 26 3/4 � 32 3/4 � 25 1/2 in. (67.945 � 83.185 � 64.77 cm)
	Date 1740–90
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Probably made in Rhode Island, or made in, or made in (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Maple
	Marks None
	Inscriptions None
	Provenance The Eckart Family, Westport, Connecticut. John S. Walton, New York, before 1955; sold to Polly Mariner (1898–1995) and Stanley Stone (1896–1987), Fox Point, Wisconsin, 1955; bequeathed by Stanley Stone to The Chipstone Foundation, Fox Point, Wisconsin, 1987; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 16–17, 2003, lot 245; Christie's, New York, June 18, 2003, lot 135
	Associated names Eckart family John S. Walton, Inc. Polly Mariner Stone Stanley Stone The Chipstone Foundation Christie's
	Construction The top is made of two thin boards of maple of different widths but equal lengths. The rails that form the frame are tenoned into the legs and secured with pegs. The top is pegged to the upper part of both legs and to the framing rails. The original red paint still covers most of the table. No corner blocks were used inside the frame. Source: Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, American Furniture at Chipstone (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984), 272.
	Bibliography Stanley Stone, "Rhode Island Furniture at Chipstone, Part II," Antiques 91, no. 4 (April 1967): 511, ill. Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, American Furniture at Chipstone (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984), 272–273, no. 126, ill. Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, and Prints, sale cat. (June 18, 2003), lot 135, ill. Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Prints, Scrimshaw, and Folk Art, sale cat. (January 16–17, 2003), 130, lot 245, ill.