Card table. Mahogany, mahogany veneer and branch satinwood. Hinged top, ovolo corners and serpentine front and sides. Front skirt has highly decorative veneer of rectangular and oval satinwood (or other light wood) flame figures. Similar rectangular veneers on sides and inlays on bottom of skirt and edge of top all around. Swing leg supports leaf. Rests on four round tapered reeded legs with ring cuffs and plain round tapered feet.
card tables
tables (support furniture)
inlay (process)
mahogany (wood)
satinwood (wood)
Federal
Table, Card
Unknown
29 3/8 x 36 3/8 x 34 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Charles K. Davis
1948.122
Massachusetts (United States)
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