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Dining table |
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Object numberRIF5054 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsOverall (closed): 27 1/2 × 42 × 14 5/8 in. (69.85 × 106.68 × 37.15 cm) Top open: 42 × 40 in. (106.68 × 101.6 cm) |
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Date176080 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Massachusetts, formerly said to have been made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); maple (hinged rails); and pine (stationary rails) |
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MarksNone |
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InscriptionsNone |
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ProvenanceBy descent in the Hazard family, Rhode Island. Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester, New Hampshire), August 68, 2010, lot 875 |
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Associated namesHazard FamilyNortheast Auctions |
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ConstructionThe single-board rectangular top has a shaped edge and is joined to its similarly-edged single-board leaves with incurvate corners by (later) metal hinges and secured to its frame by four screw pockets, one each in the short rails and one each in the long rails. On the underside of the top are shadows of earlier glueblocks. The inner rails are joined by rosehead nails to the outer rails. Inside the juncture of the inner rails and the short, scalloped skirts are vertical chamfered glue blocks. The outer rails swing by means of eight-knuckled carved wood hinges. The cabriole legs have angular knees, rounded ankles and end in delicately carved tendons and claws grasping elongated ball feet. Examined by P.E. Kane, August 5, 2010; notes compiled by T.B. Lloyd. |
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NotesDrop leaves replaced. |
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BibliographyNortheast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, N.H., Annual Summer Americana Auction, sale cat. (August 68, 2010), 115, lot 875, ill. |