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Card Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1795-1815

GUSN

GUSN-50071

Description

Card table. Mahogany; mahogany veneer; tulip poplar; cherry swing; white pine. Bowed front and serpentine side rails; tapered legs with inlaid cuffs; veneered oval and tablet on front.

Details

Descriptive Terms

card tables
tables (support furniture)
cherry (wood)
inlay (process)
mahogany (wood)
veneer
rosewood (wood)
Norway spruce (wood)
Federal
Table
Table, Card
Table, Card

Inscription

In pencil; chalk on underside of top: Clark 36 Lancaster St./17.""; ""J 33"" ( poss. $33"" old chalk) Stamp: Mrs. [ ] Bowser/[ ]/Wellesly Hills/Massachusetts

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

29 1/4 x 36 x 17 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Eleanor Clarke Bowser

Accession Number

1982.28

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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