Photo: Courtesy Douglas Constant, Inc., Orient, N.Y.
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Dining table |
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Object numberRIF3657 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsHeight: 28 1/2 × 54 1/8 × 46 3/4 in. (72.39 × 137.48 × 118.75 cm) Length. top: 54 1/8 in. (137.478 cm) Width, top: 46 3/4 in. (118.745 cm) |
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Date175070 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMaple |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsNone |
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ProvenanceDouglas Constant, Inc., Orient, New York |
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Associated namesDouglas Constant, Inc. |
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ConstructionThe oblong, single-board, square-edged top has bowed ends, and is joined to its square-edged, half-round leaves by four pairs of wrought-iron hinges, each leaf of which contains five fasteners (some rosehead nails and some screws) set inward of the frame. Between the top and leaves are continuous tenon joints. There is a wedged wood pin in the upper surface of the top. One leaf is two-board, the other one. The inner and outer rails of the frame are joined by rosehead nails. The inner rails meet the short, straight-skirted rails in dovetail joints, having large, thick-necked pinks with half-pins above and below. The outer, swinging rails are notched to accommodate the hinges, and are tenoned and twice-wood-pinned to the blocks atop the legs, which swing by means of square, five-knuckled, carved wood hinges. The knees brackets associated with the swinging legs are attached to the short skirts. The slightly cabriole legs have angular knees, straight ankles and shod pad feet. Notes compiled by T. B. Lloyd from photographs supplied by Douglas Constant. |