Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Pembroke table
	Object number RIF2082
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 26 1/2 � 32 � 32 in. (67.31 � 81.28 � 81.28 cm)
	Date 1790–1810
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany (primary); satinwood (inlay); chestnut (drawer linings and stationary rails next to hinged rails); maple (hinged rails); white pine (drawer supports, innermost stationary rail)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions "2," in graphite on exterior of one hinged rail
	Provenance Lillian Rubin Solomon (1900–1994) and Nathan L. Solomon (1898–1975), Englewood, New Jersey, and Palm Beach, Florida; by descent to The Lillian Solomon Trust, before 2006; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, October 7, 2006, lot 285
	Associated names Nathan L. Solomon Lillian Solomon Trust Sotheby's Lillian Rubin Solomon
	Construction The table's top is held in place with glue blocks. There are three horizontal and two vertical glue blocks along the short end. The one original vertical glue block is chestnut. The side glue blocks are replaced. The legs are joined to the rails with nine millimeter-wide, centered tenons with visible scribe lines. Large pegs are visible on the sides of the legs. The hinged rails are secured with pins. There is no upper rail over the drawer. The drawer supports are each held in place with two cut nails.
	Bibliography Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana Including Property from the Rhode Island Historical Society, sale cat. (October 7, 2006), 204, lot 285, ill.