Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Private collection Click the image to enlarge	Table
	Object number RIF145
	Maker Maker Unknown
	Date 1780–1800
	Current location Private collection
	Geography Made in Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany (primary); maple (battens); white pine (glue blocks)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions "[illegible] Read," in chalk, on underside
	Style Chippendale
	Provenance Private collection
	Construction The top is held in place by two battens on the underside near the ends of the table frame. The battens are nailed to the top between the two rails; they pierce the rails and are screwed to the top on the exterior of the rails. Triangular glue blocks, one on each side, reinforce the joint of the battens and the top, and the front and back rails and the top. Examined by P. E. Kane, September 7, 2003.
	Notes For another porringer-top table with stop-flutted legs, see RIF2936.
	Bibliography Wendy A. Cooper, "The Kaufman Collection," Antiques 179, no. 3 (May–June 2012): 114, fig. 10.

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