Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's, New York Click the image to enlarge	High-post bed
	Object number RIF987
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 83 � 55 1/2 � 76 1/2 in. (210.82 � 140.97 � 194.31 cm)
	Date 1760–80
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in Newport, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany (primary); maple (rails), yellow poplar (secondary)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions "652," stamped, on inner edge of head and foot rails; "VII," incised, on proper right side rail at foot; "II," incised, on proper left side rail at foot, slightly cut off
	Provenance George Smith Palmer (1855–1934), New London, Connecticut. Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1961. Dr. Clarence Zimmerman, before 2010; consigned by his estate to Sotheby's, New York, January 22–23, 2010, lot 487
	Associated names George Smith Palmer Israel Sack, Inc. Dr. Clarence Zimmerman Sotheby's
	Construction The front posts are integral with the short, sharp-kneed cabriole legs. The ball and claw feet are vigorously carved, the ball elongated, the knuckles prominent, and the tendons pronounced. The posts are stop-fluted and possibly reduced in height. The side rails are tenoned into the foot rail and head rail. The knee brackets are glued and nailed. The rear Marlborough legs have mitred corners and are fluted on the front and outsides only. Examined by B. W. Colman, P. E. Kane, M. Taradash, January 27, 2010; notes compiled by T. B. Lloyd.
	Bibliography Joseph K. Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture, exh. cat. (Providence: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965), 134–35, no. 88, ill. Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (January 22–23, 2010), 94, lot 487, ill. American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–89), vol. 1, p. 142, no. 388, ill.