Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

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	Object number RIF1626
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 25 1/4 � 24 � 31 in. (64.14 � 60.96 � 78.74 cm)
	Date 1740–1800
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in, Possibly made in Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Maple
	Marks None
	Inscriptions None
	Provenance Jonathan Trace, Putnam Valley, New York; sold to Eric Martin Wunsch (1924–2013), New York, 1991; consigned by his estate to Christie's, New York, September 25, 2013, lot 4
	Associated names Christie's Jonathan Trace E. Martin Wunsch
	Construction The elliptical top, with rounded edge, consists of two boards, held together with spline joints, each showing two wood pins, one joint near the center, the other two near the edges. The top?s underside, at its perimeter, bears prominent planing marks. The top is secured to its frame by wood pins, one in each flat-arched rail. The nails are tenoned and twice-wood-pinned to the rectangular blocks atop the ring-turned, tapering, flaring legs, which end in outset shod pad feet with chamfered heels. Examined by P. E. Kane and J. M. Johnson, September 23, 2013; notes compiled by T. B. Lloyd.
	Bibliography Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Paintings and Prints, sale cat. (September 25, 2013), 4, lot 4, ill.

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