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From: Erik Kyle Gronning and Dennis Andrew Carr, "Early Rhode Island Turning," American Furniture (2005): 7, fig. 11
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Tavern table

Object number

RIF5116

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

26 3/4 × 54 3/4 × 28 5/8 in. (67.95 × 139.07 × 72.71 cm)

Date

1710–40

Current location

National Parks Service, William Floyd Homestead

Geography

Made in Newport, Rhode Island, or made in Brookhaven, New York
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Maple and white pine

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

William and Mary, Jacobean

Provenance

William Floyd (1734–1821), Brookhaven, New York; by descent in the Floyd family; National Park Service, Fire Island National Seashore, William Floyd Homestead, Mastic Beach, New York

Associated names

William Floyd

Bibliography

Dean F. Failey, Long Island Is My Nation: The Decorative Arts and Craftsmen, 1640–1830 (Cold Spring, N.Y.: Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, 1998), 28, fig. 26.
Erik Gronning and Dennis Andrew Carr, "Early Rhode Island Turning," American Furniture (2005): 7, fig. 11.