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Dining table

Object number

RIF127

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Closed: 28 1/2 × 47 × 21 in. (72.39 × 119.38 × 53.34 cm) each dropleaf: 47 × 20 1/4 in. (119.38 × 51.44 cm)

Date

1780–1800

Current location

Westerly Public Library and Wilcox Park

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary); maple (hinged rails); white pine (stationary rails and blocks)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Provenance

Mary Noyes Rogers (died 1938), Westerly, Rhode Island, before 1938; bequeathed to Westerly Public Library, Rhode Island, 1938, on loan to Babcock-Smith House, Westerly, Rhode Island

Associated names

Mary Noyes Rogers

Bibliography

Ellen Madison, "Finding a Niche," Early American Life 46, no. 3 (June 2015): 57, ill.