1911-11-18
GUSN-306129
Design drawing titled "Old Mahogany Card Table" rendered in pencil on trace. Front view is shown; plan of top and detail of top edge and apron are also provided. Neoclassical-style demi-lune card table has overhanging top which opens to full circle; inlaid banding on both top edges; cloth surface with mahogany perimeter on open top; straight apron with rectangular blocks with inlaid stringingabove legs; one swing and four stationary tapered square legs with cuffs; and inlaid bellflowers and stringing on legs. Title, design notes, and "Measured 18th Nov. 1911" are handwritten on drawing.
tables (support furniture)
card tables
Neoclassical
design drawings
sketches
1 design drawing in pencil (10 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches)
CC010
Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I
2012
CC010.001.004.016.001
A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Manufacturer)
design drawings
sketches
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