Pembroke table

Creator:

Townsend, John, 1732-1809

Published/Created:

Newport, Newport county, Rhode Island, United States
1797

Physical Description:

Height: 27 in.; Width, open: 37 in.; Depth: 32 in.

Materials:

mahogany

Notes:

Sack catalogue description: Hepplewhite San Domingan mahogany inlaid Pembroke table, oval top with concave molded border, the bowed frame of conforming shape has a drawer in one end flanked by book-inlaid panels; the bellflower inlay with black spine and etching, inlaid cuffs, choice bronze patina. A paper label affixed to the table reads, "Made by John Townsend, Newport, 1797." The following tables labeled by John Townsend show the same distinctive bellflower inlay: a dining table in the collection of the Rhode Island Historical Society, and a demilune card table in the Winterthur Museum; the structural bracing is also the same as that on several labeled tables by John Townsend. This is the only labeled example of this form.
Related objects: Journal/Periodical: Liza Moses and Mike Moses, "Authenticating John Townsend's Later Tables," The Magazine Antiques (May 1981): p. 1152–1157.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 8, p. 2120–2121, pl. P5539.

Variant Titles:

Hepplewhite mahogany inlaid Pembroke table

Topics:

Decoration and ornament--Hepplewhite style
Furniture--United States

Period/Style:

Federal
Hepplewhite

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

5539

Genre:

Pembroke tables (AAT)

Format:

Image
Physical Object

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Public

Source Title:

Israel Sack, Inc., Archive

Source Created:

New York, New York, United States
1957–1990

Source Note:

Sack, June 1984
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.

Folder:

Folder 10667 cab3dr4 tiff

Yale Collection:

Yale University Art Gallery

Digital Collection:

Israel Sack Furniture Archive

oid pointer:

10965741

OID:

11863508

PID:

digcoll:847055

Number of Pages: 3