Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Christie's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Card table
	Object number RIF2632
	Maker Maker, possibly by John Townsend, American, 1732/33–1809
	Dimensions Open: 27 5/8 � 36 � 35 1/8 in. (70.17 � 91.44 � 89.22 cm)
	Date 1790–1800
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in Newport, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany with light wood inlay (primary); maple (stationary rail); birch (hinged rail); white pine (curved rails and glue blocks)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions "25[illeg.]s," in graphite, on underside of top
	Provenance David Harris (1714–1797), Smithfield and Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to his son, Stephen Harris (1753–1817), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to his son, Benjamin Cushing Harris (1797–1872), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent to his son, Thomas Harris (1825–1898), Providence, Rhode Island; by descent in his family, until 2009; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 23, 2009, lot 228
	Associated names David Harris Stephen Harris Benjamin Cushing Harris Thomas Harris Harris family Christie's
	Construction Both rear legs are hinged with joints that are rounded; the tops of the swing legs overlap the rails. The top is held to the frame with screws in five pockets on the curved rails and three on the stationary rail, as well as five glue blocks?two on the stationary rail and three on the curved rails. The joint of the two front legs and curved rails is strengthened with small blocks; at one time, the rear corners had quarter-round blocks. The stationary rail and the hinged rail are fastened together with four screws. The rear leaf edges have two tenons. Examined by P. E. Kane, M. Taradash, B. W. Colman, and J. S. Gordon, January 20, 2009.
	Bibliography Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture and Folk Art including English and Dutch Delft, sale cat. (January 23, 2009), lot 228, 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), 409n3.