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Card table |
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Object numberRIF642 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsWidth: 28 5/8 × 34 × 15 1/2 in. (72.71 × 86.36 × 39.37 cm) Depth, open: 31 1/2 in. (80.01 cm) |
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Date176070 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); maple (hinged and stationary rails and medial brace); white pine (corner block) |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"By John Goddard From I. Sack Keene Col. JK," in graphite, inscribed on inside rear rail |
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ProvenanceIsrael Sack, Inc., New York; sold to James O. Keene, Birmingham, Michigan, by 1954. Sotheby's, October 22, 1995, lot 270; sold to Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York; sold to private collection, 1995 |
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Associated namesIsrael Sack, Inc.James O. Keene Sotheby's Leigh Keno American Antiques |
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BibliographyPaul L. Grigaut, "A Michigan Collection," Antiques 66, no. 4 (October 1954): 29091, ill.Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (October 22, 1995), lot 270, ill. Laura Beach, "Sotheby's Americana," Antiques and the Arts Weekly (December 8, 1995): 4849, ill. Lita Solis-Cohen, "Bards Sail to Top at Sotheby's October Americana," Maine Antique Digest (January 1996): 13-C, ill. |