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Card table |
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Object numberRIF3133 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsClosed: 28 × 34 × 16 1/2 in. (71.12 × 86.36 × 41.91 cm) |
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Date17801800 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenancePrivate collection, Chester County, Pennsylvania, before 2001. Sotheby's, New York, October 11, 2001, lot 202 |
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Associated namesSotheby's |
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ConstructionThe rear rail opens to reveal a hidden drawer. |
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NotesA number of card tables attributed to Rhode Island have facades with serpentine curves in plan and section, beading or gadrooning along the lower edge of the facade, blocked corners, stop-fluted legs, pierced corner brackets, and gouge decoration on the top leaf edge. See the related examples below. Closely related tables have straight legs; see, for example, RIF56. Other similar tables lacking some of the features shared by these two groups are recorded in the database as well. |
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BibliographySotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (October 11, 2001), 99, lot 202, ill. |