Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

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	Object number RIF634
	Maker Maker, formerly attributed to John Goddard, American, 1723–1785 Maker, formerly attributed to Job Townsend, Jr., 1726–1778 Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 26 1/2 � 6 1/4 � 5 1/2 in. (67.31 � 15.875 � 13.97 cm)
	Date 1755–75
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in Newport, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany
	Marks None
	Inscriptions None
	Provenance Thomas Robinson (1730–-1817), Newport, Rhode Island; by descent in the Morton and Smith families of Philadelphia, and Rhode Island, probably to Mary Robinson (1757–1829); by descent to Ester Morton Smith (1797–1865); by descent to Edward Wanton Smith, Sr. (1875–1940); by descent to Edward Wanton Smith, Jr. (1921–2001); consigned to Christie's, New York, January 20–21, 2005, lot 549
	Associated names Christie's Thomas Robinson
	Bibliography Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, and Prints, sale cat. (January 20–21, 2005), 315, lot 549, ill.

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