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Kitchen table |
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Object numberRIF3504 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions26 × 44 × 28 in. (66.04 × 111.76 × 71.12 cm) |
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Date171040 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in, Possibly made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMaple; birch (drawer sides and drawer supports); pine (drawer bottom) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsNone |
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ProvenanceNortheast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester, New Hampshire), August 35, 2007, lot 1029 |
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Associated namesNortheast Auctions |
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ConstructionThe rectangular, oblong, two-board top is constructed in the "breadboard" manner, with cleats at each of its short ends. Three sides of the frame below are plain, with square-edged skirts. The rails join the turned legs in mortise-and-tenon joints, each showing two wood pins. The rail that contains a drawer has a deeply molded skirt. The lipped drawer-front meets its arched-top drawer sides, slightly shy of the front, in dovetail joints, having thick-necked pins of varying configurations reinforced by rosehead nails, with half-pins from above. The back of the drawer-back top is chamfered. The drawer bottom is chamfered at the sides, where it fits into grooves in the drawer sides; it is now secured by runners applied to the bottoms of the drawer sides. The drawer has supports with chamfered ends, half-lapped to the bottom rail of the front skirt. The rectangular stretchers align with the outside faces of the turned legs, to which they attach with mortise-and-tenon joints, each showing one wood pin. The base has Spanish brown paint. Examined by P. E. Kane, August 2007; notes compiled by T. B. Lloyd. |
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NotesThe base of the table has Spanish brown paint. |
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BibliographyNortheast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, N.H., Summer Americana Auction, sale cat. (August 35, 2007), 48, lot 1029, ill. |