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Dining table

Object number

RIF2990

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 28 1/2 × 56 × 51 in. (72.39 × 142.24 × 129.54 cm) Width: 51 in. (129.54 cm) Length: 56 in. (142.24 cm)

Date

1760–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Newport, Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Mahogany

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cushing Dunnington, New Hampshire, before 1996. Sotheby's, New York, January 19–21, 1996, lot 1635; sold to Sara Ann Pfaffenroth (1941–2009) and Peter A. Pfaffenroth (1941–2020), Morristown, New Jersey; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 19, 2022, lot 1150

Associated names

Sotheby's
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cushing Dunnington
Peter A. Pfaffenroth
Sara Ann Pfaffenroth

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (January 19–21, 1996), lot 1635, ill.