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Pembroke table |
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Object numberRIF410 |
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MakerMaker, attributed to John Townsend, American, 1732/331809 |
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DimensionsHeight: 27 1/4 × 19 × 34 in. (69.22 × 48.26 × 86.36 cm) |
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Date17851800 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); white pine, chestnut, yellow poplar, and maple (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceMrs. Elizabeth D. Church, Bristol, Rhode Island, by 1936; sold to Mr. Lammot du Pont Copeland (19051983) and Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland (née Pamela Cunningham, 19062001), Greenville, Delaware, 1936; consigned by their estate to Sotheby's, New York, January 19, 2002, lot 56; sold to a private collection |
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Associated namesLammot du Pont CopelandSotheby's Elizabeth Dimond Church |
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BibliographySotheby's, New York, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lammot du Pont Copeland, sale cat. (January 19, 2002), 5255, lot 56, ill.Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 16401820 (Newport, R.I.: Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), 84, no. 56, ill. 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), 379n12. |