PHILADELPHIA, 1760-1780

This elaborate card table conforms closely to a small group of Philadelphia Chippendale card tables that may have been popularized by the shop of Thomas Affleck. William Hornor pictures four similar tables in his Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture (plates 255, 266, 269, and 276), two of which he attributes to Thomas Affleck. The Waln-Ryerss Family table (plate 276) is very similar, exhibiting almost identical form and carved brackets. The brasses on the present table may be replacements, given the slightly loose fit of the posts, but they are period brasses and appear to be almost identical to those on the Waln-Ryerss table. Further related examples are in the Winterthur Museum (see Downs, American Furniture (New York 1952) cat. no. 346), the Kaufman Collection (see Flanigan, American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection (Washington, D.C., 1986) cat. no. 16), and sold Sotheby's New York, 2 February 1985, lot 1143.