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John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker
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High Chest
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High Chest
, 1759
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
Primary wood: mahogany; secondary woods: chestnut, eastern white pine, and cottonwood; 88 3/4 x 39 3/8 x 22 1/8 in. (225.4 x 100 x 56.2 cm)
Yale University Art Gallery
Bequest of Doris M. Brixley (1984.32.26)
Card Table
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Card Table
, 1762
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
Primary wood: purple mahogany; secondary woods: mahogany, chestnut, maple, and white pine; 27 1/4 x 35 x 16 1/2 in. (69.2 x 88.9 x 41.9 cm)
Mr. Eric Noah
Fall-Front Desk
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Fall-Front Desk
, 1765
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
Primary wood: mahogany; secondary woods: yellow poplar, eastern red cedar, white pine, tulip poplar, cottonwood [?]; 42 x 45 x 24 7/8 in. (106.7 x 115 x 63.2 cm)
Bequest of Mr. Stanley Paul Sax, Diplomatic Reception rooms, U. S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. (L76.63)
Block-and-Shell Bureau Table
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Block-and-Shell Bureau Table
, 1780s
Attributed to John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
Primary wood: mahogany; secondary woods: chestnut, tulip poplar, and cottonwood [?]; 34 1/8 x 36 3/4 x 20 in. (86.6 x 93.4 x 58 cm)
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Bayou Bend Collection, Gift of Miss Ima Hogg (B.69.91)
Stop-fluted Pembroke Table
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Stop-fluted Pembroke Table
, 1786–93
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
Primary wood: mahogany; secondary woods: maple, tulip poplar, and chestnut; 26 1/4 x 36 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. (66.7 x 92.7 x 85.1 cm)
The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Delaware
Gift of H. F. du Pont, 1958 (58.2147)
Tall Clock
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Tall Clock
, 1789
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)Movement by William Tomlinson, London (act. 1733)
Primary wood: mahogany; secondary woods: chestnut, tulip poplar, and maple; 98 1/4 x 22 x 11 1/8 in. (249.6 x 55.9 x 28.3 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogers Fund, 1927 (27.57.2)
Federal Serpentine Card Table (one of a pair)
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Federal Serpentine Card Table (one of a pair)
, 1794
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
Primary wood: mahogany; secondary woods: mahogany, chestnut, maple and poplar; 27 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 16 7/8 in. (69.9 x 87.6 x 42.9 cm)
Private collection
A Typical Printed Label, From a Block-and-Shell Four-Drawer Chest
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A Typical Printed Label, From a Block-and-Shell Four-Drawer Chest
, 1792
John Townsend (American, 1733–1809)
Private collection