Photo: Courtesy Newport Restoration Foundation, R.I., 2002.17
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High-post bed |
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Object numberRIF1620 |
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MakerMaker UnknownMaker, formerly attributed to John Goddard, American, 1723?1785 |
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Dimensions86 × 57 3/8 × 83 1/2 in. (218.44 × 145.733 × 212.09 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationNewport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); maple, yellow poplar (secondary) |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceEilleen Desmond Conroy (died 2009), East Falmouth, Massachusetts; sold to Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1970; old to Doris Duke (19121993) for Newport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island, 1971; Whitehorne House Museum, Newport Restoration Foundation, Rhode Island, from 1974 |
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Associated namesEilleen Desmond ConroyIsrael Sack, Inc. Doris Duke |
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BibliographyAmerican Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 19571989), vol. 3, p. 699, no. P3233, ill. |