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Object numberRIF3381 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions24 7/8 × 25 3/8 × 21 in. (63.183 × 64.453 × 53.34 cm) |
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Date175090 |
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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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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsNone |
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StyleQueen Anne |
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ProvenanceIsrael Sack, Inc., New York. Joan F. Kahn and B. Franklin Kahn Trusts, Chevy Chase, Maryland; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, October 4, 2007, lot 133 |
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Associated namesIsrael Sack, Inc.Joan F. Kahn and the B. Franklin Kahn Trusts Sotheby's |
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ConstructionThe oblong top has a slightly rounded edge and three-quarter-round outset corners. It is secured to the deeply scalloped frame below by wood pins atop each leg and by screw pockets in the outside face of the long rails of the frame. The rails are connected to the legs by mortise and tenon joints exhibiting two wood pins each. The turned tapering legs end in shod pad feet. Examined by P.E. Kane, October 2007; notes compiled by T.B. Lloyd |
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BibliographyAlbert Sack, "Regionalism in Early American Tea Tables," Antiques 131, no. 1 (January 1987): 255, ill.Albert Sack, The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American (New York: Crown Publishers, 1993), 263, ill. Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (October 4, 2007), 116, lot 133, ill. |