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Pembroke table

Object number

RIF6637

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

27 1/2 × 36 × 33 3/4 in. (69.9 × 91.4 × 85.7 cm) Closed 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm)

Date

1780–1800

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary); maple (hinged and stationary rails); pine (drawer bottom); chestnut (drawer sides); yellow poplar (drawer back)

Marks

None

Inscriptions

None

Provenance

Tenia Baumstone, New York; sold before 1957 to Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., (1909–2009), Scarsdale, New York, and later Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to his wife Roberta L. Carpenter (1938-2019), Newport, Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 24, 2020, lot 322

Associated names

Teina Baumstone
Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr.
Roberta L. Carpenter
Christie's

Bibliography

Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver, sale cat. (January 24, 2020), 101, lot 322, ill.