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Georgian mahogany card table of Chippendale style. It has a three tiered hinged top, with round turreted corners above a frieze drawer with cabriole (swinging)legs. Also, scrolling shield-shaped cabachona (knees) and ball and claw feet. The double top has one of wood and another with depressions for candlesticks and counters which are covered with green baize. The legs terminate in small scrolls. The drawer is of oak with veneer and a small brass drop handle.
card tables
tables (support furniture)
baize
brass (alloy)
dovetail joints
mahogany (wood)
oak (wood)
Chippendale
Georgian (British Renaissance-Baroque style)
Table
Table, Card
Mahogany
Oak
Brass
Baize
Dovetail
Chippendale
Georgian
Table, Card
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
England
28 x 32 x 15 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.454
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