John Shaw
Card Table
1800
Physical Qualities
Mahogany, mahogany veneers, light wood inlays, 28 1/2 x 35 1/4 x 17 3/4 in. (72.4 x 89.5 x 45.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Dorothy McIlvain Scott Collection
Object Number
2012.298
Simple in form, restrained in decoration, this card table retains the label of Annapolis cabinetmaker John Shaw, one of the most successful Marylanders to make furniture during the Federal period.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2012; Dorothy McIlvain Scott, Baltimore
