From: Robert F. Trent, "New Insights on Early Rhode Island Furniture," American Furniture (1999): 218
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Table (subdivided as a pair) |
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Object numberRIF1213 |
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MakerMaker, possibly by Christopher Townsend, 17011787Maker Unknown |
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Dimensions28 1/2 × 42 × 35 3/4 in. (72.39 × 106.68 × 90.805 cm) |
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Date173949 |
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Current locationState of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumPossibly ash (primary); white pine (later addition of two legs, stretcher, and rail) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceOld Colony House, Newport, Rhode Island, since at least 1739 |
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NotesThe tables were originally one large table with four legs. In the early nineteenth century they were made into two tables by cutting the original table in half and adding a new pair of legs to each half. The tables retain traces of blue paint. |
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BibliographyLuke Beckerdite, "The Early Furniture of Christopher and Job Townsend," American Furniture (2000): 4, 7, fig. 1011.Robert F. Trent, "New Insights on Early Rhode Island Furniture," American Furniture (1999): 218219, fig. 1617. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 38, 58n5. |