Rhode Island Furniture Archive - Yale University Art Gallery

Photo: Courtesy Christie's, New York Click the image to enlarge	Card table
	Object number RIF332
	Maker Maker, formerly attributed to John Townsend, American, 1732/33–1809 Maker Unknown
	Dimensions 27 3/4 � 36 � 17 1/2 in. (70.5 � 91.4 � 44.5 cm)
	Date 1770–90
	Current location Unknown
	Geography Found in Bermuda, Made in Newport, Rhode Island (view a map of Rhode Island)
	Medium Mahogany (primary); maple (hinged and stationary rails); pine (cross brace and blocks)
	Marks None
	Inscriptions None
	Provenance William 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 (unsold); Christie's, New York, January 21–22, 2021, lot 175
	Associated names Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. Roberta L. Carpenter William Bluck and Company Christie's
	Bibliography Ralph 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. Christie's New York, New York, In Praise of America: Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Prints and Broadsides, sale cat. (January 21–22, 2021), 66, lot 175, ill.