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China table |
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Object numberRIF2942 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions28 3/4 × 32 3/4 × 21 1/4 in. (73.03 × 83.19 × 53.98 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); maple and chestnut (secondary) |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"Mrs. Humphrey," twice, in chalk, on underside of top; possibly "B," in chalk, on interior of one long rail |
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ProvenanceCharles Woolsey Lyon, New York. Joe Kindig, Jr., and Son, York, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Reginald Lewis. Sotheby's, New York, January 3031, February 1, 1986, lot 565; sold to Bridget and Alfred Ritter, Virginia Beach, Virginia; sold to private collection |
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Associated namesCharles Woolsey LyonJoe Kindig, Jr. and Son Sotheby's Mrs. Reginald Lewis Mr. Alfred F. Ritter, Jr. Bridget Ritter |
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ConstructionThe oblong rectangular top has a molded edge and is secured to its conformingly shaped frame by longitudinal glue blocks at the joints between the top and rails, and by a transverse brace, (and its attendant glue blocks, one missing) set into grooves in the long rails. A lower, applied portion of the skirt consists of a molding above a diagonally incised band, attached to the bottom of the rails with rosehead nails. The legs are joined to the rails with mortise and tenon joints, showing no pins. Large, two-part vertical chamfered glue blocks occupy each corner of the frame. The open fretwork brackets at each juncture of leg and rail are tenoned to the legs. The legs are pentagonal in section, chamfered at their inside corners, and stop-fluted, on their outside faces, from just below a molding under the fretwork brackets to the molded feet, which are held on with countersunk screws. Examined by P.E. Kane, September 8, 2003; notes compiled by T.B. Lloyd |
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BibliographySotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (January 30Februrary 1, 1986), lot 565, ill.Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 379n5. |