Table

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Table
  • Joint Stool
Datec. 1710–1740
Made inRhode Island, United States
MediumMaple
Dimensions23 1/2 × 26 × 13 1/2 in. (59.7 × 66 × 34.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Marian and Speros Martel Early Americana Accessions Endowment Fund honoring William S. Kilroy, Sr.
Object numberB.2009.6
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Murphy Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThe design and construction of this diminutive joint stool relate it to approximately a dozen other examples which are ascribed to 18th-century Rhode Island woodworkers. Research comparing furniture components and architectural work has fostered the identification of this sophisticated regional school. The tables and joint stools that constitute this group are consistently fashioned of maple and probably date between 1710 and 1740. While this joint stool is clearly related, variations in the articulation of its turnings elements set it apart as the work of yet another artisan working within this local tradition.
Provenance[Israel Sack, New York], by 1933; purchased by Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, September 11, 1933; consigned to [Northeast Auctions, Hampton and Portsmouth, New Hampshire (sale held Manchester), August 3–5, 2007, lot 1908]; purchased by Nathan Liverant and Son, Colchester, Connecticut; purchased by MFAH, 2009.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black ink on paper sticker, underside of tabletop: "33-646"
Inscribed in back ink on white base coat, inside skirt: "33-646"
[No marks]

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