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Object numberRIF4421 |
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MakerMaker UnknownMaker, possibly by Thomas Townsend, 17421827 |
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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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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 namesSotheby'sChristie's Edmund W. Mudge, Jr. John S. Walton, Inc. |
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BibliographySotheby's, New York, Important Americana, Furniture, and Folk Art, sale cat. (January 18, 1998), lot 1570, ill.Sarah 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. Jack O'Brien, "A New Bedford Masterpiece," Antiques 171, no. 5 (May 2007): 145n17. Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, sale cat. (October 9, 1997), lot 519, ill. |