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Card Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1785-1805

GUSN

GUSN-5035

Description

Half-round shape; four tapered square legs with string inlay; swing leg; conforming apron with projecting stiles on which are stained green inlaid ovals with lilies of the valley; the apron is edged with a band of light and dark inlay; the edge of the hinged double top is inlaid with light wood stringing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

card tables
tables (support furniture)
inlay (process)
mahogany (wood)
veneer
maple (wood)
oak (wood)
staining
Hepplewhite
floral patterns
flowers (plants)
maple (wood)
Mahogany
Mahogany Veneer
Oak
Maple
Hepplewhite
Inlaid
Lily of the Valley
Stained
TABLE, CARD

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

28.438 x 36.063 x 17.875 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.447

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