Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Sotheby's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Tea table
	Object number RIF141
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 25 1/2 � 32 1/4 � 20 1/2 in. (64.77 � 81.915 � 52.07 cm)
	Date 1740–80
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Made in Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahoghany (primary); pine (glue blocks)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions None
	Provenance Claire McKiernan Vanderbilt (died 2005) and Hugh Bedford Vanderbilt, Sr., (1921–2000), Greenwich, Connecticut, before 2006; consigned to Sotheby's, New York, January 20–22, 2006, lot 408
	Associated names Hugh Bedford Vanderbilt, Sr. Sotheby's Claire Frances McKiernan
	Construction The oblong, rectangular, two-board top is attached to its frame by means concealed under a beaded cove perimeter molding, itself joined to the top by fasteners in wood-filled holes. The edge of the top is visible below this molding. The beaded rails are tenoned, without wood pins, to the rectangular blocks atop the legs. To the face of the rails are attached quarter round moldings, at the end of which are glued ogee-shaped knee brackets. The underside of the top is chamfered at each corner to allow space for two vertical chamfered glue blocks. The legs are square-sectioned, with angular knees and ankles, ending in ridged, lightly shod slipper feet. Examined by P. E. Kane, January 21, 2006; notes compiled by T. B. Lloyd.
	Bibliography Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana: Including Property from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Hanson to Benefit the National Gallery of Art, sale cat. (January 20–22, 2006), 272, lot 408, ill.