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A FEDERAL INLAID CHERRYWOOD CARD-TABLE

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A FEDERAL INLAID CHERRYWOOD CARD-TABLE
POSSIBLY VERMONT, 1790-1810

THE RECTANGULAR TOP WITH DOUBLE INLAY AND CROSSBANDED EDGES ABOVE A CONFORMING CASE WITH TWO SHORT DRAWERS OVER DOUBLE INLAY AND CROSSBANDING, ON SQUARE TAPERING LEGS OUTLINED WITH STRING INLAY AND EMBELLISHED WITH CROSSBANDED CUFFS--29 1/4IN. HIGH, 40IN. WIDE, 19 1/2IN. DEEP

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SEVERAL CARD TABLES OF THIS FORM, SOME WITH FIVE LEGS, HAVE HISTORIES IN VERMONT. SEE WILLIAN N. HOSLEY, JR., "VERMONT FURNITURE, 1790-1830," OLD TIME NEW ENGLAND, VOL. 72, (BOSTON, 1987), PP. 245-285, FIG. 15; FORTHCOMING ARTICLE BY KENNETH JOEL ZOGRY, ANTIQUES, (AUGUST, 1993).