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Card Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1840-1855

GUSN

GUSN-47476

Description

Side table. Oak, ash, and probably cherry. Molded rails and top; green baize surface. Turned pillars with carved roundels. Rests on scroll legs with molded tops

Details

Descriptive Terms

side tables
tables (support furniture)
ash (wood)
cherry (wood)
oak (wood)
mahogany (wood)
Empire (style)
Table

Inscription

Label on bottom: ""John A. Ellis & Co./Manufacturers of all kinds of/Fashionable Furniture,/GORE STREET/BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH STREETS EAST CAIMBRIDGE, MASS.""

Maker

Ellis, John A. (Cabinetmaker)

Location of Origin

East Cambridge, MA, USA

Dimensions

30 x 36 1/4 x 21 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Sabine L. Baring-Gould

Accession Number

1967.126

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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