Tea table

Creator:: Townsend, John, 1732-1809, and Goddard, John, 1723-1785 (school of), active late 1730s-late 1770s
Published/Created:: Newport, Newport county, Rhode Island, United States
ca. 1740–1760
Physical Description:: 26 1/2 x 29 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.
Materials:: mahogany
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Queen Anne mahogany tray-top tea table of typical Newport form with squared cabriole legs of graceful formation ending in slipper feet, convex molded apron, concave tray moldings; mellow brown patina, Townsend-Goddard school. Descended in the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard families and purchased by us from a direct descendant.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 7, p. 1959, pl. P5234.
Variant Titles:: Queen Anne mahogany tray-top tea table
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--Queen Anne style
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: Queen Anne
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 5234
Genre:: tea tables (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 1982
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:: 10965707
OID:: 11863499
PID:: digcoll:847243