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Marble slab table

Object number

RIF4088

Maker

Maker, formerly attributed to John Townsend, American, 1732/33–1809
Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 29 in. (73.66 cm) Length: 32 in. (81.28 cm)

Date

1770–90

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Newport, Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary); marble (top)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

By descent in the Shaw family, Salem, Massachusetts; by descent to Henry Shaw, Salem, Massachusetts; by descent to Mrs. Albert W. Shaw, Boston. Maurice Rubin (1900–1957), Brookline, Massachusetts, before 1954; consigned to Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, October 9, 1954, lot 121

Associated names

Maurice Rubin
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.
Shaw Family of Salem, Mass.
Henry Shaw
Mrs. Albert W. Shaw

Bibliography

Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, Important American Furniture of the Eighteenth Century and Decorations from the Collection of Maurice Rubin, Brookline, Massachusetts, sale cat. (October 9, 1954), 26, lot 121, ill.