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John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker

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High Chest, 1759
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
Yale University Art Gallery
Bequest of Doris M. Brixley (1984.32.26)
Card Table, 1762
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
Mr. Eric Noah
Fall-Front Desk, 1765
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
Bequest of Mr. Stanley Paul Sax, Diplomatic Reception rooms, U. S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. (L76.63)
Block-and-Shell Bureau Table, 1780s
Attributed to John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Bayou Bend Collection, Gift of Miss Ima Hogg (B.69.91)
Stop-fluted Pembroke Table, 1786–93
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Delaware
Gift of H. F. du Pont, 1958 (58.2147)
Tall Clock, 1789
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
Movement by William Tomlinson, London (act. 1733)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogers Fund, 1927 (27.57.2)
Federal Serpentine Card Table (one of a pair), 1794
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
Private collection
A Typical Printed Label, From a Block-and-Shell Four-Drawer Chest, 1792
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
Private collection




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