Very Fine and Rare Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Serpentine-Front Games Table, Manner of John Townsend (1733–1809), Newport, Rhode Island, Circa 1785

Auction Closed

January 23, 04:26 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Very Fine and Rare Chippendale Carved and Figured Mahogany Serpentine-Front Games Table

Manner of John Townsend (1733–1809)

Newport, Rhode Island

Circa 1785

Retains a rich dark historic, possibly original, surface. Pierced corner brackets replaced and casters added in the 19th century.

Height 27 ¼ in. by Width 30 in. by Depth (closed) 14 ¾ in.

Israel Sack, Inc., New York, c. 1940;

Charles Krum Davis (1889-1968), Fairfield, Connecticut;

Bertha B. Davis;

Israel Sack, Inc., New York;

Donald R. Sack, Inc., Skytop, Pennsylvania.

Israel Sack, Inc., "The Davis Collection," American Antiques from Israel Sack, vol. 5, (Washington, DC: Highland House Publishers, Inc., 1974), no. P4351, p. 1316;

Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques from Israel Sack, vol. 6, (Washington, DC: Highland House Publishers, Inc., 1979), no. P4351, p. 31;

Michael Moses, Master Craftsmen of Newport: The Townsends and Goddards, (Tenafly, NJ: MMI Americana Press, 1984), p. 50, fig. 1.38;

Nancy E. Richards and Nancy Goyne Evans, New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, (Winterthur, DE: Winterthur Publications, 1997), p. 272, n. 1;

Brock Jobe, Gary R. Sullivan, and Jack O'Brien, Harbor and Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710–1850, (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2009), p. 411, no. 41n2;

Rhode Island Furniture Archive: RIF863.