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Dining table

Object number

RIF4538

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 28 1/4 × 19 × 48 in. (71.76 × 48.26 × 121.92 cm) Length: 48 in. (121.92 cm) Width: 19 in. (48.26 cm)

Date

1750–70

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mixed hard woods

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Peter Matteson Tavern, Shaftbury, Vermont, by 1777. Bennington Museum, Vermont, before 2009; consigned to the Gallery at Knotty Pine, West Swanzey, New Hampshire, April 26, 2009, lot 120; sold to Stephen-Douglas Antiques, Rockingham, Vermont

Associated names

Matteson Tavern
Bennington Museum
The Gallery at Knotty Pine
Stephen-Douglas Antiques

Notes

The table retains an older red paint.

See also

Bibliography

David Hewett, "The New Hampshire Antiques Show: Huge Crowds at Opening and Lots of Sales," Maine Antique Digest (October 2009): 14-C, ill.
"Artfact," http://www.artfact.com/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=p&catalogRef=&shw=50&ord=2&ad=DESC&img=0&alF=0&houseRef=&houseLetter=A&artistRef=&areaID=&countryID=®ionID=&stateID=&fdt=0&tdt=0&fr=0&to=0&wa=&wp=Painted%20New%20England%20 (accessed September 18, 2009).