Tea table

Published/Created:: Newport, Newport county, Rhode Island, United States
ca. 1750–1780
Physical Description:: 27 1/2 x 29 1/4 x 19 3/4 in.
Materials:: mahogany
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Chippendale mahogany tray-top tea table, beautifully scrolled apron on all four sides with scrolled knee returns, applied tray top with notched corners with retaining molding below; the top of double thickness extending below the surface of the top in the same manner as the Newport slipper foot table group, cabriole legs ending in finely sculptured claw-and-ball feet, rich dark brown patina; the supporting blocks of the legs and frame are virtually all intact.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 4, p. 1014, pl. P3873.
Variant Titles:: Chippendale mahogany tray-top tea table
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--Chippendale style
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: Chippendale
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 3873
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, October 1973
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:: 10965532
OID:: 11863455
PID:: digcoll:847380