RHODE ISLAND, 1780-1800

Details

TWO NEARLY IDENTICAL CHIPPENDALE MAHOGANY SERPENTINE-FRONT CARD TABLES
RHODE ISLAND, 1780-1800
probably made as a pair
29 in. high, 32 ¾ in. wide, 15 in. deep

Provenance

Winsor White (1901–1975), Plymouth, Massachusetts
Bernice Chrysler Garbisch (1907–1979) and Edgar William Garbisch (1899–1979), Pokety Farms, Cambridge, Maryland
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, The Garbisch Collection, 22-25 May 1980, lot 1119
John Walton, Inc., Griswold and Jewitt City, Connecticut

Literature

Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery, RIF2933.

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Lot Essay

With their original knee brackets, these card tables are rare survivals of this distinctive Rhode Island form. The design of the brackets, as well as the carving around the edge of the tops, skirt ornament and leg molding are identical on the two tables and while they vary slightly in size and construction, such outward similarities strongly suggest that they were made and used as a pair. It is possible that they were made contemporaneously in the same shop but by different workers or that one was made slightly after the other.

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