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Card table
about 1790–1810
Object Place: possibly Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany, mahogany veneer, bird's-eye maple veneer, inlays, maple, pine
Dimensions
77.47 x 87.63 x 43.18 cm (30 1/2 x 34 1/2 x 17 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Nathaniel T. Dexter Fine Arts Trust
Accession Number2000.691
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Tables, stands, screens
DescriptionSquare card table with rounded ends and elliptic front with central tablet, supported by four straight legs terminating in pointed double-taper feet; one fly-leg at proper right supporting hinged top; central tablet veneered with mahogany; rails with bird's-eye maple; patterned inlay on skirt and feet.
Marks
Branded "G. H. RICHARDS" in several locations
ProvenanceProbably owned originally by a G. H. Richards of Portsmouth, New Hampshire; 1995, offered for sale at Northeast Auctions, March 5, 1995, lot 447; probably purchased by Nathaniel T. Dexter of Boston at that auction and subsequently bequeathed to the Museum (Accession Date June 21, 2000).