Lot 168
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A FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY TREBLE-ELLIPTIC TRICK-LEG CARD TABLE
PROPERTY OF A MICHIGAN COLLECTOR
A FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY TREBLE-ELLIPTIC TRICK-LEG CARD TABLE

NEW YORK, CIRCA 1810

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A FEDERAL CARVED MAHOGANY TREBLE-ELLIPTIC TRICK-LEG CARD TABLE
New York, circa 1810
The hinged treble-elliptic top above a conforming skirt with inlaid rectangular reserves over an urn-turned and acanthus-carved standard above a tripartite base with acanthus-carved and fluted sabre legs (the rear legs rotating when the top is opened), on brass paw castors, (castors resurfaced or replaced)
29½in. high, 37in. wide, 19in. deep

Lot Essay

One of the most expensive Federal card table forms available in New York was a "Veneered Eliptic Pillar and Claw Table." The cost of labor alone was five pounds, with additional charges for double and treble-elliptic tops, evident here. The New York Prices for Manufacturing Cabinet and Chair Work described such tables with trick or "mechanical" legs as "Solid Eliptic Pillar and Claw Table... with three claws, two of ditto to turn out with the joint rail."

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