The John Brown Family Mahogany Games TableNewport, Rhode Island, circa 1785-1800. Appears to retain its original pierced brackets.
Provenance: John Brown (1736-1803), Providence, Rhode Island;
To his daughter, Sarah Brown Herreshoff (1773-1846);
To her son Charles Frederick Herreshoff (1809-1888);
Thus by descent in the Herreshoff Family line.
Literature: Wendy Ann Cooper, “The Furniture and Furnishings of John Brown, Merchant of Providence, 1736-1803,†University of Delaware, Master’s Thesis, 1971, p. 54, 56-7, fig. 23;
Wendy A. Cooper, “The purchase of furniture and furnishings by John Brown, Providence merchant, Part 1: 1760-1788,†Magazine Antiques 103, no. 2 (February 1973): 333, fig. 10.
A kettle stand in the collection of the Rhode Island School of Design has similarly heart shaped pieced corner brackets (see Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., The Arts and Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island, 1640–1820, (Newport, R.I.: Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954), p. 80, no. 52 or RIF1037).
28 3/4 x 30 x 14 1/2 in. (73 x 76.2 x 36.8 cm.)
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