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Pembroke tables, assembled pair

Object number

RIF2929

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 27 1/2 × 36 × 27 1/2 in. (69.85 × 91.44 × 69.85 cm) Length: 28 1/4 × 35 1/2 × 29 in. (71.76 × 90.17 × 73.66 cm) Width, extended: 36 in. (91.44 cm) 28 1/4 in. (71.755 cm) Length: 28 in. (71.12 cm)

Date

1780–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

"H. P. S.," branded, on one frame

Style

Chippendale

Provenance

Edgar William Garbisch (1899–1979) and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch (1907–1979), Pokety Farms, Cambridge, Maryland; consigned by their estate to Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York (sale held at Pokety Farms), May 23–25, 1980, lot 1148

Associated names

Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Edgar William Garbisch
Sotheby Parke Bernet

Bibliography

Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, The Garbisch Collection, Volume Four: Important American Furniture and Related Decorative Arts, sale cat. (May 23–25, 1980), lot 1148, ill.