Table (Card table)

Museum Object Number 1957.0103.002

Object Name

Table (Card table)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Jacob Forster (Artist)

Place of Origin

Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1795-1800

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. ; UNDERSIDE TOP; JACOB FORSTER,/ Cabinet Maker,...

Materials

Mahogany; Holly; Pine, white; Birch

Dimensions (inches)

29.25 (H) , 35.625 (W) , 17.75 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

74.295 (H) , 90.488 (W) , 45.085 (D)

Object Description

Web - 01/23/2019

Federal-style demi-lune card table. The table top consists of one fixed and one hinged leaf; when open, they form a circular top. The upper and lower edges of the hinged leaf are outlined with banding of alternating light and dark wood rectangles. The same banding is applied along the center of the edge of the fixed leaf. The top overhangs the apron, which conforms to the profile of the top. The table's four legs divide the front of the apron into three sections, each of which is veneered in figured wood and outlined along the top and bottom edges with light wood stringing. The lower edge of the apron is outlined with checkerboard banding of light and dark wood; the banding continues across the fronts of the legs, which project slightly from the plane of the apron. Above the banding, the top of each leg is inlaid with a light wood flowering branch. Below the banding, each of the four therm legs is outlined with light wood stringing along the front vertical edges.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Montgomery, Charles F., et al. 1966 American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
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