Card Table
1789
Physical Qualities
Mahogany, mahogany veneers, dark and light wood inlays, 29 1/4 x 37 7/8 x 17 3/8 in. (74.3 x 96.2 x 44.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Dorothy McIlvain Scott Collection
Object Number
2012.299
Demilune shape. Ambitious floral shell inlay on top with bell flowers between large petals. Checkered stringing along top edge. Plain stringing around edge of interior surface. Flat surface edge (not reeded). Shell-shapes at top of legs. Bell flowers and stringing on all four legs. Checkered stringing on apron. Spade feet. Cross banding. Over refinished.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2012; Dorothy McIlvain Scott, Baltimore
Elder III, William Voss and Jayne E. Stokes. American Furniture 1680-1880: From the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Museum of Art, 1987, p.133-134, ill. 99.
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 09
