Photo: Courtesy Dietrich American Foundation, inv no 8.3.2.1220; photo by Christopher Gardner
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Card table |
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Object numberRIF310 |
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MakerMaker, possibly by John Goddard, American, 17231785 |
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DimensionsClosed: 28 1/4 × 30 3/4 × 15 1/4 in. (71.76 × 78.11 × 38.74 cm) |
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Date175070 |
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Current locationDietrich American Foundation |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); maple (secondary) |
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Marks"Made by / John Goddard," engraved on brass latch escutcheon, top inner rim |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceBy descent in the Broome-Livingston families, Schnectady, New York, before 1900; taken West during the 19th century. Christie's, New York, October 21, 1978, lot 275. Dietrich Americana Foundation, Philadelphia, by 1984 |
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Associated namesBroome-Livingston Family |
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BibliographyChristie's, New York, Fine American Furniture and Decorations, sale cat. (October 21, 1978), 8485, lot 275, ill.Michael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport: The Townsends and Goddards (Tenafly, N.J.: MMI Americana Press, 1984), 245, fig. 5.31 5.31a-b. "Christie's advertisement," Antiques 114, no. 4 (October 1978): 620. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 323, 329, no. 66, fig. 1. |