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Tilt-top table

Object number

RIF5348

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

27 1/2 × 27 7/8 × 28 1/4 in. (69.9 × 70.8 × 71.8 cm)

Date

1765–85

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Sara Ann Pfaffenroth (1941–2009) and Peter A. Pfaffenroth (1941–2020), Morristown, New Jersey; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 19, 2022, lot 1140

Associated names

Peter A. Pfaffenroth
Sara Ann Pfaffenroth
Sotheby's

See also

Bibliography

Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 327n5.
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Pfaffenroth: American Furniture, Silver and Decorative Arts, sale cat. (January 19, 2022), lot 1140, ill.