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One of a pair of eastern Massachusetts card tables. Mahogany and exotic wood veneers. Lightwood stringing inlay on apron and edge of top; light and darkwood inlaid thistle paterae, lightwood inlaid oval at center of skirt. Astragal corners. Rests on four tapered fluted legs with arrow feet.
card tables
tables (support furniture)
birch (wood)
inlay (process)
mahogany (wood)
pine (wood)
Federal
Table
Table, Card
Table, Card
May, Perrin, 1767-1844
Codman, Sarah Fletcher (Bradlee), 1842-1922
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Seymour, Thomas, 1771-1848 (Cabinetmaker, attributed)
Seymour, John (Cabinetmaker, attributed)
29 5/8 x 36 x 17 15/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.776.1
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Probably
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