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Card Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1790-1805

GUSN

GUSN-17229

Description

Circular card table. Four square tapered legs inlaid with plain stringing, and at top shaded icicles and flutes in friezes. Top has double row of stringing on edges, semi-circular apron with mahogany veneer having conforming double string inlay. Legs divide skirt into three panels outlined by stringing. Interior construction; Vertical one-piece corner blocks. Apron formed of laminated wood.

Details

Descriptive Terms

card tables
tables (support furniture)
mahogany (wood)
satinwood (wood)
Table
Table, Card
Table, Card

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

28 7/16 x 36 x 17 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Clara Bennett

Accession Number

1932.2134A

Places

Rhode Island (United States)

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