
Best Handwork - for reproduction of a John Goddard Tea Table - 2015 Northern Woods Show
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Best Handwork - for reproduction of a French Open Arm Chair - 2012 Northern Woods Show
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Best Carving - for reproduction of the Gratz Family Highboy - 2011 Northern Woods Show
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Best Traditional Design - for repoduction of Waln-Ryerss QA side chair - 2008 Northern Woods Show.
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Best Handwork - for reproduction of the Gardiner Greene serpentine Bombé chest of drawers - 2007 Northern Woods Show
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This is a reproduction of a John Goddard scalloped top tea table. John Goddard was a famous 18th century cabinet maker working in Newport, RI. Several of these tables are still in existence. This one descended in the Nicholas Brown family from 1760 until it sold at auction in 2005 for $8.4M.
I particularly like the open talon ball and claw feet. They are unique in 18th Century American furniture to the Goddard and Townsend family of cabinet makers of Newport, RI. I also like the scalloped edge top, which is carved from one piece of wood. Another unique feature of this table are the veneer patches on the upper leg posts that match the horizontal grain line of the rails.