Bed

ca. 1770

Chippendale, carved mahogany, four-post bed

American, Rhode Island

mahogany, brass

Overall: 89 1/4 x 57 5/8 x 76 in. (226.7 x 146.4 x 193 cm)

Probably John Townsend (1732–1809), Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to his daughter Mrs. Thomas Brinley (née Mary Townsend, 1769–1856), Newport, 1809; by descent to her nephew and heir, Christopher Townsend (died 1881), Newport, 1856; by descent to his sister, Ellen F. Townsend (1880–1887), Newport, 1881; bequeathed by her to her friend, William P. Sheffield (1819–1907), Newport, 1886; by descent to his son, William P. Sheffield (1857–1919); by descent to his sister-in-law, Mrs. Clark Burdick (née Elizabeth E. Peckham, died 1947) Middletown, Rhode Island, until 1937. Lilian S. Leonard; Israel Sack, Inc., New York; sold to Cornelius Moore (1885–1970), Newport; consigned by his estate to Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, October 30, 1971, lot 148; purchased by Doris Duke

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