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A bill of sale from John Goddard to John Brown and the furniture it documents.
The fortunate discovery among the Brown family papers of a 1760 bill of sale (Fig. 1) sent by the acclaimed Newport cabinetmaker John Goddard to the merchant John Brown has allowed for the firm documentation to Goddard of several of Brown's Furnishings that were previously only attributed to him. (1) The pieces include a tea table and roundabout chair (Figs. 4 and 5) surviving at the house Brown built in 1786, now the John Brown House of the Rhode Island Historical Society in Providence, and a roundabout chair and drop-leaf table currently in a private collection (Figs. 2, 2a, and 6). Prized then as now, these items have a direct history of descent from Brown through the ...
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- tea-table
- Reference information from: Webster's NewWorld Dictionary January 1, 1988 700+ words
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 tea-table adj. like that of people at a tea {tea-table talk} Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
- tea table
- Reference information from: Webster's NewWorld Dictionary January 1, 1988 700+ words
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 tea table a table, usually small, at which or from which tea is served Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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Source: HighBeam Research, A bill of sale from John Goddard to John Brown and the furniture it...