Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, N.H. Click the image to enlarge	Tavern table
	Object number RIF6323
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 24 � 39 1/2 � 24 1/2 in. (60.96 � 100.33 � 62.23 cm)
	Date 1720–60
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Possibly made in Rhode Island, or possibly made in Vermont (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Pine
	Marks Unknown
	Inscriptions "Date 1680 / [torn] table was used [torn] the family of Roger / Williams founder of Rhode Is. / Descended down to present / Williams of Chester Vermont to / the late Dan Williams / of whom it was repaired by / T. Fairchild, No Guilford [torn]," in ink, on a paper label inside drawer
	Style William and Mary, Baroque
	Provenance Possibly Roger Williams family, Rhode Island; by descent to Dan Williams, Chester, Vermont. Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire (sale held Portsmouth), August 20–21, 2016, lot 476
	Associated names Northeast Auctions Roger Williams family Dan Williams T. Fairchild Northeast Auctions
	Bibliography Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, N.H., Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Summer Weekend Auction, sale cat. (August 20–21, 2016), 101, lot 476, ill.

Tavern table