Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Bureau table
	Object number RIF2786
	Maker Maker, attributed to Edmund Townsend, 1736/7?1811
	Dimensions 33 1/2 � 35 3/4 � 20 1/2 in. (85.09 � 90.805 � 52.07 cm)
	Date 1755–75
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in Newport, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany
	Marks Unknown
	Inscriptions Unknown
	Style Chippendale
	Provenance Private collection, before 1988; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 28-30, 1988, lot 1918
	Associated names Sotheby's
	Construction The top is attached to the case with longitundinal battens at the front and back that are dovetailed to the sides of the case; the rear batten is visible at the back between the backboards and the mahogany top. The bottoms of the small drawers are fitted to rabbets in the drawer fronts and the sides and are nailed to the drawer backs. The vertical blocks on the feet rest on the case bottom and the horizontal blocks abut them. (Adapted from Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, January 28?30, 1988, lot 1918).
	Bibliography Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (January 28–30, 1988), lot 1918, ill.

Bureau table