Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Keno Auctions, New York Click the image to enlarge	Table
	Object number RIF5633
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 26 � 30 1/2 � 39 3/4 in. (66.04 � 77.47 � 100.97 cm)
	Date 1794
	Current location Private Collection
	Geography Probably made in Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Maple
	Marks “W [center brace] D / 17 [center brace] 94,” in Spanish brown paint, on underside of table top
	Inscriptions “I,” in chalk, on underside of table top; “I,” in graphite, on inside surfaces of one of the legs and rails [at their juncture]; “11,” in graphite, on inside surfaces of one of the legs and rails [at their juncture]; “III,” in graphite, on inside surfaces of one of the legs and rails [at their juncture]
	Provenance Skinner, Inc., Boston and Bolton, Massachusetts (sale held Bolton), 1997; H. Schiller Collection, New Jersey, 2001; Joanne and Jeffrey Klein, by 2013; consigned to Keno Auctions, New York, January 22, 2013, lot 125; sold to private collection
	Associated names Skinner, Inc. H. Schiller Keno Auctions Joanne Klein Jeffrey Klein
	Construction The two-board top is held together by four butterfly joints with wedges on both ends. The top is fastened to the frame with eight pegs (square pegs in round holes). The top is supported by a center brace that passes through the rails. No fasteners or glue appear to have been used to affix the brace. The rails are tenoned into the legs, and each joint is secured with two through pins. There are vertical saw marks visible on the inside surfaces of the rails. There are holes visible at the bottoms of the feet (pad feet with discs), where the legs were turned on a lathe. The outside edge of the underside of the table is canted. The table retains much of its original Spanish brown paint. Examined by P. E. Kane, J. S. Gordon, W. S. Braznell, and J. N. Johnson, January 21, 2013.
	Notes
	Bibliography Keno Auctions, New York, Important American Furniture, Paintings, Folk Art, and Decorative Art, sale cat. (January 22, 2013), 59, lot 125, ill. Lita Solis-Cohen, "Keno Sells Americana," Maine Antique Digest (April 2013): 28-C, ill.