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The Goddard and Townsend families made furniture from secretaries to highboys, and so the majority of their furniture was casegoods made from a variety of woods.

Walnut and Mohogahny were some of the more prominent woods used by these families.

 

 

Goddard and Townsend Furniture

18th Century

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Goddard and Townsend furniture is one of a kind and specific to Newport.

This video shows how clean and percise the motifs are and how complete the craftmanship is.

In this Top 10 most antiques ever sold video, a Goddard and Townsend antique secretary desk sold for 11.4 million dollars.

Inspired Furniture

This secretary by Wayfair is inspired because of the inspired, but not identical ball and claw feet and the bat wing brass handles on the drawers.

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When the Goddard Family moved to Newport, the Townsend family already had a cabinet shop where they were building casegoods and wood works.

 

John Goddard was the apprentice for Christopher Townsend and followed his trasitions in cabinettry and wood works. He married Christopher's daughter and branched off on his own along with his sons.

 

His son's carried out the legacy, but also incorporated the Chippendale Style and added a few different types of woods to make their products more unique.

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