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Card table |
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Object numberRIF332 |
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MakerMaker UnknownMaker, formerly attributed to John Townsend, American, 1732/33?1809 |
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Dimensions27 3/4 × 36 × 17 1/2 in. (70.5 × 91.4 × 44.5 cm) |
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Date1770–90 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyFound in Bermuda, Made in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); maple (hinged and stationary rails); pine (cross brace and blocks) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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StyleChippendale |
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ProvenanceWilliam Bluck and Company, Hamilton, Bermuda; sold to Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., (1909–2009), Scarsdale, New York, and later Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to his wife Roberta Carpenter (1938–2019), Newport, Rhode Island; consigned to Christie's, New York, January 24, 2020, lot 315 |
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Associated namesRalph E. Carpenter, Jr.Roberta L. Carpenter William Bluck and Company Christie's |
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BibliographyRalph E. Carpenter, Jr., "Mowbra Hall and a Collection of Period Rooms: Part I," Connoisseur 180 (June 1972): 81, fig. 3–4.Laura Beach, "The Past Is Present in Newport: A Couple's Lifelong Love of Antiques," Antiques and Fine Art 6, no. 2 (Summer 2005): 121, ill. Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver, sale cat. (January 24, 2020), 97, lot 316, ill. |
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