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Pembroke table

Object number

RIF2624

Maker

Maker, attributed to John Townsend, American, 1732/33?1809

Dimensions

Height: 26 3/4 in. (67.945 cm) Width, open: 35 in. (88.9 cm) Depth: 33 1/4 in. (84.455 cm)

Date

1790–1810

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Hepplewhite, Federal

Provenance

Peter Board (1809–1891) and Mathilda Board (née Zabriskie, 1810–1870), Paramus, New Jersey, about 1833; by descent to their son, Cornelius Zabriskie Board (1835–1907), Paramus, New Jersey; by descent to his son, Frederick Zabriskie Board (1879–1959), Paramus, New Jersey; by descent to his granddaughter, Eleanor H. Board, Paramus, New Jersey, before 2000; consigned to Christie's, New York, October 5, 2000, lot 132

Associated names

Peter Zabriskie Board
Mathilda Zabriskie Board
Cornelius Zabriskie Board
Frederick Zabriskie Board
Eleanor H. Board
Christie's

See also

Bibliography

Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (October 5, 2000), 118–119, lot 132, ill.