Card Table

Furniture

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Boscobel House and Gardens

Overall

Overall

Name/Title

Card Table

Entry/Object ID

F 77.18a, b

Description

Pair of "pillar and claw" card tables with treble-elliptic tops, reeded urn columns or "pillars," and three reeded legs with claw feet on brass casters. The two side legs swing back on internal iron rods when the cherry "flies" or brackets are opened to support the top. Card tables of this design were called "mechanical", now referred to as "trick-leg" card tables. The table leaves are veneered on the outside in matching flame mahogany veneers and on the inside in "plum-pudding" mahogany. The fixed table leaf is made of white pine with angled mahogany battens. The carved toes, the outer extremities of which are laminated, are painted dark green ("verd antique"). The brass casters and all iron fittings appear to be original.

Category

Furniture

Acquisition

Accession

F 77.18

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Purchase, 1977

Furniture Details

Furniture Type

Table - Card

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown

Date made

1805 - 1815

Dimensions

Height

28-1/2 in

Width

36 in

Depth

17-3/4 in

Material

Mahogany, Mahogany veneer, Cherry, Tulip poplar, White pine, Brass, Iron

Condition

Notes

Table "B" has a small patch along the proper left bottom edge in the center of the middle leg.

Provenance

Notes

Purchased from Joe Kindig, York, PA (a possible swap) 12/9/77