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Marble slab table |
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Object numberRIF4088 |
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MakerMaker UnknownMaker, formerly attributed to John Townsend, American, 1732/33?1809 |
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DimensionsHeight: 29 in. (73.66 cm) Length: 32 in. (81.28 cm) |
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Date177090 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); marble (top) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceBy descent in the Shaw family, Salem, Massachusetts; by descent to Henry Shaw, Salem, Massachusetts; by descent to Mrs. Albert W. Shaw, Boston. Maurice Rubin (19001957), Brookline, Massachusetts, before 1954; consigned to Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, October 9, 1954, lot 121 |
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Associated namesShaw Family of Salem, Mass.Henry Shaw Mrs. Albert W. Shaw Maurice Rubin Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. |
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BibliographyParke-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. |