Photo: Courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1980.293
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Pembroke table |
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Object numberRIF1142 |
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MakerMaker John Townsend, American, 1732/331809 |
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Dimensions27 1/4 × 20 7/8 × 33 1/8 in. (69.215 × 53.023 × 84.138 cm) |
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Date17901800 |
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Current locationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany |
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Marks"MADE BY / JOHN TOWNSEND, / NEWPORT.," printed on a paper label in ink, glued on inside of drawer bottom; "M [?]," in grey ink, at lower left on label |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceLaura Scull De La Cour (18761960), Riverton, New Jersey, before 1960; by descent to her son, J. Carl De La Cour, Jr., (19021992), Riverton, New Jersey, and Palm Beach, Florida, and his wife, before 1980; given to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1980 |
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Associated namesLaura Scull De La CourJ. Carl De La Cour, Jr. |
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See also |
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BibliographyMichael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport: The Townsends and Goddards (Tenafly, N.J.: MMI Americana Press, 1984), 69, 85, 156, fig. 2.13, 3.783.78a.Morrison H. Heckscher, John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker, exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005), 16061, no. 39, ill. Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (October 5, 2000), 118, fig. 1. |