From: Wendy Cooper, "The Purchase of Furniture and Furnishings by John Brown, Providence Merchant," Antiques 103 (February 1973): 333, fig. 10
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Card table |
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Object numberRIF1302 |
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MakerMaker, possibly by John Townsend, American, 1732/331809 |
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DimensionsClosed: 28 1/2 × 29 1/2 × 14 5/8 in. (72.39 × 74.93 × 37.15 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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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 (primary); soft maple (hinged rail); chestnut (glue blocks) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceJohn Brown (17361803), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent in his family to Norman Herreshoff (19031990), Bristol, Rhode Island, 1973 |
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Associated namesNorman HerreshoffJohn Brown |
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BibliographyWendy A. Cooper, "The Purchase of Furniture and Furnishings by John Brown, Providence Merchant, Part 1: 17601788," Antiques 103, no. 2 (February 1973): 333, fig. 10.Brock Jobe, Gary R. Sullivan, and Jack O'Brien, Harbor and Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 17101850 (Hanover, N.H.: University Press of New England, 2009), 134, pl. 41.1. |