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From: David H. Conradsen, Useful Beauty: Early American Decorative Arts from St. Louis Collections (Saint Louis Art Museum, 1999), 54
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Dining table

Object number

RIF1650

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 26 5/8 × 58 × 54 3/4 in. (67.63 × 147.32 × 139.07 cm) Width: 54 3/8 in. (138.113 cm) Diameter, open: 58 in. (147.32 cm)

Date

1760–80

Current location

Private Collection

Geography

Made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary); maple, chestnut, and pine (secondary)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Private collection

Bibliography

David H. Conradsen, Useful Beauty: Early American Decorative Arts from St. Louis Collections, exh. cat. (Saint Louis: Saint Louis Art Museum, 1999), 54–55, no. 20.