Table, Card

Object/Artifact

Historic Charleston Foundation

Chas Card Tables

Name/Title

Table, Card

Entry/Object ID

75.6.1-2

Description

Card tables, pair Charleston, SC 1795/1805 Mahogany with mahogany veneer with inlay Hepplewhite style, mahogany, mahogany veneer with inlay. Charleston, SC. circa 1800. Round-corner, Ellipitical Front Pair D-shaped card tables, the tops with banded inlays, interior tops with single string inlay and table surface sides with two strings of inlay. Apron with central inlaid rectangular panel of light wood within which is an oval mahogany inlay wiht two surrounding string inlays. Five part string inlay rectangles on each side of central panel and on sides. Thress part string inlay at base of apron Four tapering legs with string inlaid panels, banded cuffs. Vertical rectangular inlaid panels at top of each leg. 75.6.1 has swing action in right rear leg. 75.6.2 has swing action in left rear leg. Construction: Frame: Coring: Triple laminated in white pine. Rear rail joinery: Dovetailed to frame at fly end, glued to fly frame at fixed end. Fixed-leg to frame joinery: Saddle joints. Frame bracing: None. Fly frame configuration: Single fly. Fly frame attachment: Mortised to fixed leg and glued to inner frame with a spacer between. Fly leg-to-frame configuration: Stile notched to overlap frame.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Collection

Acquisition

Accession

75.6.

Source or Donor

Mrs. Charles S. Alston

Acquisition Method

Purchased

Made/Created

Date made

1795 - 1805

Place

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States of America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Table, Card

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Table

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Support Furniture

Nomenclature Class

Furniture

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Height

29-1/2 in

Width

36 in

Depth

17-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Depth: overall closed.

Location

Room

201

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Room

201

Building

Nathaniel Russell House

Moved By

Date

July 27, 2004

Condition

Notes

75.6.1 Veneer cracks on right and left front panels. Repairs to interior surface. 75.6.2 Veneer cracks at right rear side and central front panel. Warped top and left front leg. Underwent conservation 6/1990

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

"The Furniture of Charleston 1680-1820" Volume II: Neoclassical Furniture pg. 683, Fig. NT-46, MRF 8170

Exhibition

Created By

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Create Date

July 2, 2002

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

April 26, 2023