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Card table

Object number

RIF2782

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Closed: 30 × 33 × 17 in. (76.2 × 83.82 × 43.18 cm)

Date

1780–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Cherry

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Colonel William Torrey, New York; by descent to John Torrey; by descent to William Torrey Baird, Jr., South Orange, New Jersey; by descent to his nephew, Collier Baird, Jr., South Orange, New Jersey; sold to a private collection, by 1988; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 28–30, 1988, lot 1220

Associated names

Colonel William Torrey
John Torrey
William Torrey Baird Jr.
Collier Baird
Sotheby's

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (January 28–30, 1988), lot 1220, ill.