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Tea table

Object number

RIF1111

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

26 × 33 × 21 in. (66.04 × 83.82 × 53.34 cm)

Date

1740–80

Current location

Preservation Society of Newport County

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Cherry

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

By descent in the Ricketson family, South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The Carnal-Rowan Collection, Newport, Rhode Island; on permanent loan to the Preservation Society of Newport County, Newport, 1984

Associated names

Mrs. George Connal-Rowan

Bibliography

Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., "Newport, A Center of Colonial Cabinetmaking," Antiques 147, no. 4 (April 1995): 556, pl. 9, ill.