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Object numberRIF679 |
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MakerMaker, attributed to Edmund Townsend, American, 1736/71811 |
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Dimensions33 × 34 3/4 × 20 in. (83.82 × 88.265 × 50.8 cm) |
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Date176585 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceDr. and Mrs. William S. Serri, Merchantville, New Jersey, and Swedesboro, New Jersey, by 1957; Sotheby's, New York, 23 and 24 June 1994, lot 596 |
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Associated namesDr. William S. SerriSotheby's |
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BibliographyMichael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport: The Townsends and Goddards (Tenafly, N.J.: MMI Americana Press, 1984), 285, fig. 7.12, 7.12a.Helen Comstock, "The Collection of Dr. William S. Serri," Antiques 71, no. 3 (March 1957): 259, fig. 21. Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (June 2324, 1994), lot 596, ill. |