Unknown
Demilune Card Table
1789-1809
Scroll
Unknown
Demilune Card Table
1789-1809
Physical Qualities
Mahogany, mahogany veneers, light and dark wood inlays, oak, yellow pine, tulip wood, 29 3/8 x 35 7/8 x 17 3/4 in. (74.6 x 91.1 x 45.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Sadie B. Feldman, Baltimore, from the Collection of Samson Feldman
Object Number
2007.304
Demilune shaped card table. Interesting daisy form shell motif on top, semi-circle of plain stringing on top. Plain stringing on apron. Needs finish work. Felt top on interior. Reeded edge. 3 acorn and 2 oak leaf motifs at top of four legs. Bellflowers and plain stringing on two sides of front legs and one side of back legs. Spade feet.
From the American Furniture catalogue:
Demi-lune shape when closed with circular playing surface when opened, the table is supported by four tapered legs with spade feet cut from the solid. The back legs have oak fly rails, hinges and stationary fly rails, as is customary in Annapolis and Baltimore card tables. Most characteristic of Baltimore cabinetmaking of the period are the placement and design of the oval inlays of oak leaves and acorns on the stile of each leg. The bellflowers on the legs, descending from an oval inlaid hoop, are one of the most characteristic forms found in the decoration of Baltimore Federal furniture.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2007; Sadie B. Feldman, Baltimore; The Baltimore Museum of Art on extended loan, 1963-2007; from Sadie B. Feldman, 1992-2007, from Sadie B. and Rosetta A. Feldman, 1984-1992, and from Samson Feldman and Sadie B. Feldman, Baltimore, 1963-1984
Extended Loans IN
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.132-133, ill. 98.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "BMA Today," Summer 2008, ill. p. 15.
Maker
Unknown
2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00
