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Grecian-style rectangular card table has folding top that swivels to open. Top rest on an lyre-shaped pillar with leaf carvings ending in rosettes. The pillar stands on a base supported by scrolled legs with applied disks, ending in brass casters. The frame has a veneered frieze with a rectangular tablet in the center and panels at the front corners.
card tables
tables (support furniture)
mahogany (wood)
veneer
pine (wood)
carving (processes)
casting (process)
rosette (motif)
Table, Card
"WM. FISK/ Cabinetmaker/Washington Street/ Boston" (Oval stencil)
"Thomas Whightman/ Carver/ Back of B[illeg.] & Horton/ Boston" (Thomas Wightman's carving shop location was "Back of Baker & Horton", who were sign painters who advertised in 1821 that they had just removed from 3 Boylston Square to 5 Boylston Street (July 25, 1821, Boston Daily Advertiser.))
Fiske, William, 1770-1844 (Cabinetmaker)
Wightman, Thomas (Carver)
29 1/2 x 36 1/2 x 18 (HxWxD) (inches)
Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor
2005.26
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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