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Tilt-top table

Object number

RIF301

Maker

Maker Unknown
Maker, formerly attributed to John Goddard, American, 1723?1785

Dimensions

28 × 31 × 31 1/2 in. (71.12 × 78.74 × 80.01 cm)

Date

1760–70

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary); birch (block)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Queen Anne, Chippendale

Provenance

Shubael Kinnicut (1738–1785), Warren, Rhode Island; by descent in his family to Mrs. Edward Carter, Wilton, Connecticut, before 1970; sold by her estate at auction, Wilton, Connecticut, October 4, 1970; sold to Israel Sack, Inc., New York; sold to Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Garvin, Fairfield, Connecticut, by 1972; consigned to Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, November 17–19, 1977, lot 1225

Associated names

Shubael Kinnicut
Mrs. Edward Carter
Sotheby Parke Bernet
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garvin

Bibliography

Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, The American Heritage Society Auction of Americana, sale cat. (November 17–19, 1977), lot 1225, ill.