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Tea table

Object number

RIF3240

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

26 3/4 × 33 1/4 × 21 1/2 in. (67.945 × 84.455 × 54.61 cm) Top: 31 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (80.01 × 49.53 cm)

Date

1740–80

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Previously owned by Kenneth Chorley (1893–1974) and Jean Chorley (1904–1992), Hopewell, New Jersey; consigned by her estate to Christie's, New York, January 25, 1993, lot 210; sold to C. L. Prickett Antiques, Yardley, Pennsylvania,1993; sold to Catherine H. Kappauf, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, before 2002; C. L. Prickett Antiques, Yardley, Pennsylvania, 2002 and 2009

Associated names

Kenneth Chorley
Jean Chorley
Christie's
C. L. Prickett Antiques
Catherine H. Kappauf
C. L. Prickett Antiques

Bibliography

"C. L. Prickett advertisement," Antiques 143, no. 4 (April 1993): 509, ill.
Christie's, New York, The Jean and Kenneth Chorley Collection, sale cat. (January 25, 1993), 75, lot 210, ill.
"C. L. Prickett advertisement," Antiques 162, no. 2 (August 2002): 7, ill.
"C. L. Prickett, Fine Authenticated American Antiques, Fine Queen Anne Mahogany Tea Table," http://www.clprickett.com/CLP4750.htm (accessed December 11, 2009).
Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo, "Family Treasures," Antiques and Fine Art 9, issue 3 (Spring 2009): 146, ill.