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Tea table

Object number

RIF2367

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

26 × 31 3/4 × 22 in. (66.04 × 80.645 × 55.88 cm)

Date

1740–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary); pine (glue blocks)

Marks

None

Inscriptions

"P [or N] Reynolds," in graphite, on underside; "II,' in chalk, on side of frame

Style

Queen Anne

Provenance

P. A. or N. Reynolds, location and dates unknown. Israel Sack, Inc., New York; sold to Mr. and Mrs. William T. Earls; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 19–21, 2007, lot 343

Associated names

P. A. or N. Reynolds
Israel Sack, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Earls
Sotheby's

Notes

Pine glueblocks

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana including Property Approved for Deaccession by the Board of Trustees of Historic Deerfield, Inc., sale cat. (January 19–21, 2007), 190, lot 343, ill.
Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 213n4.