Lot 65
65
A FEDERAL MAHOGANY CARVED CARD TABLE
A FEDERAL MAHOGANY CARVED CARD TABLE

CARVING POSSIBLY BY SAMUEL MCINTIRE, SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, 1800-1810

Details
A FEDERAL MAHOGANY CARVED CARD TABLE
Carving possibly by Samuel McIntire, Salem, Massachusetts, 1800-1810
The rectangular hinged top with serpentine front and sides and gouged edges above a conforming veneered frame centering a carved basket issuing fruit and foliage flanked by outset rounded corners embellished with leaf and berry carving on a star-punched ground, on ring-turned and reeded legs with tapered feet
30.5/8in. high, 36in. wide, 17in. deep

Lot Essay

The elegant proportions and serpentine edge coupled with the superbly executed carvings of this table suggest the collaboration of a cabinetmaker with a specialized carver. The detailed basket of fruit in high relief centered on the front skirt complementing the leaf and star-punched carvings of the front legs are features associated with the Salem carver Samuel McIntire (1780-1819). For a table with the same form and similar carved basket attributed to McIntire, see Sack, The New Fine Points of Furniture (New York, 1993), p.292.