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Object number

RIF1480

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

39 1/2 × 38 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (100.33 × 97.79 × 49.53 cm)

Date

1780–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Dr. Samuel Bridgham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; by descent to his great-great granddaughter; sold to Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1958; sold to Marjorie Doyle Rockwell (1910–1995), Loudonville, New York; consigned to Northeast Auctions, Hampton, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester), November 5, 1995, lot 507

Associated names

Israel Sack, Inc.
Marjorie Doyle Rockwell
Northeast Auctions
Dr. Samuel Bridgham

Bibliography

"Israel Sack, Inc., advertisement," Antiques 74, no. 6 (December 1958): 468, ill.
American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–89), vol. 1, p. 43, no. 135, ill.
Northeast Auctions, Hampton, N.H., Important New Hampshire Auction: The Collection of Marjorie Doyle Rockwell, sale cat. (November 5, 1995), 32–33, lot 50730.1089, ill.