Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Christie's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Tea table
	Object number RIF1617
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 25 3/4 � 30 3/4 � 20 1/4 in. (65.405 � 78.105 � 51.435 cm)
	Date 1740–80
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany (primary); yellow poplar (glue blocks)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions None
	Provenance Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1959. Christie's, New York, January 21, 2011, lot 71
	Associated names Israel Sack, Inc. Christie's
	Construction The single-board sub-top bears toothing plane marks on its underside, and is attached to the skirt by means of long rectilinear glue blocks on the long sides, the sole remaining one reinforced by a small chamfered block. The opposite side retains a single, small, chamfered glue block. The molding at the perimeter of the upper top is nailed to itself at its mitered corners and to the frame below by brads. The legs are joined to the skirts by mortise and tenon joints; no pins are visible. Chamfered (original) and rectangular (later) vertical glue blocks reinforce the joints between skirts and legs. The knee brackets are nailed with brads to the legs at the knees and glued to the skirts above. The cabriole legs are square in section, with sharp knees, and rounded slipper feet. Examined by J. S. Gordon and P. E. Kane January 19, 2011; notes compiled by T.B. Lloyd
	Bibliography Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, English Pottery, Rugs, and Prints, sale cat. (January 21, 2011), 58–59, lot 71, ill. American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–89), vol. 1, p. 62, no. 199, ill.