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Object numberRIF4421 |
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MakerMaker UnknownMaker, possibly by Thomas Townsend, 1742?1827 |
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Dimensions88 × 42 1/2 × 20 in. (223.52 × 107.95 × 50.8 cm) |
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Date176580 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumWalnut |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceMr. and Mrs. Edmund W. Mudge, Jr., Dallas, Texas, by 1981; consigned by his estate to Christie's, New York, May 23, 1985, lot 201. John Walton, Inc., Griswold and Jewett City, Connecticut; sold to a private collector; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, October 9, 1997, lot 519. Sotheby's, New York, January 18, 1998, lot 1570 |
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Associated namesEdmund W. Mudge, Jr.Christie's John S. Walton, Inc. Sotheby's |
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BibliographySarah B. Sherrill, "Current and Coming: American Furniture," Antiques 119, no. 2 (February 1981): 336, ill.Christie's, New York, Fine American Furniture, Silver, and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (May 23, 1985), 106107, lot 201, ill. Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (October 9, 1997), lot 519, ill. Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, Furniture, and Folk Art, sale cat. (January 18, 1998), lot 1570, ill. Jack O'Brien, "A New Bedford Masterpiece," Antiques 171, no. 5 (May 2007): 145n17. |