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Based on similarities to signed and attributed examples, this card table was in all likelihood made by Charles-Honoreé Lannuier (1779-1819), a French emigreé who worked in New York City from 1803 until his untimely death at the age of forty in 1819. The gilded central mount on the apron is identical to that on the labelled card table offered in lot 428 as well as to those adorning other furniture associated with Lannuier. Furthermore, the rear twist and lotus-carved columns are identical to those on a pair of card tables attributed to Lannuier and made for New York Mayor Philip Hone, as are the feet which follow the design and execution of examples on card tables labelled by Lannuier (see lot 428; for the Hone tables see lot 428, fig.2).
The mount on the skirt, flanked by floral sprays, appears to have been used by other New York and Philadelphia cabinetmakers. Evidence for Lannuier's use of these mounts is found on a pair of card tables labelled by Lannuier, a suite of furniture attributed to Lannuier as well as a pair of card tables attributed to Lannuier (fig.1; Gregory R. Weidman, Furniture in Maryland, 1740-1940 (Baltimore, 1984), figs. 61, 62, 160 and pp.113-114, 186-187; John S. Walton, Inc. advertisement, Antiques (October 1965), p.392). Interestingly, the same mount adorns a pair of card tables documented to Lannuier's competitor, Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854) as well as another card table attributed to Phyfe (Jeanne Vibert Sloane, "A Duncan Phyfe Bill and Furniture it Documents," Antiques (May 1987), p.1109; Nancy McClelland, Duncan Phyfe and the English Regency, 1795-1830 (New York, 1939), plate 287). Furthermore, at least two card tables from a group of Philadelphia made furniture feature the same mounts; such use of the same mount design indicates that these ornaments were exported in bulk in various early American cities (Flanigan, American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection (New York, 1986), cat.73, pp.184-185 and McClelland, plate 126).
The mount on the skirt, flanked by floral sprays, appears to have been used by other New York and Philadelphia cabinetmakers. Evidence for Lannuier's use of these mounts is found on a pair of card tables labelled by Lannuier, a suite of furniture attributed to Lannuier as well as a pair of card tables attributed to Lannuier (fig.1; Gregory R. Weidman, Furniture in Maryland, 1740-1940 (Baltimore, 1984), figs. 61, 62, 160 and pp.113-114, 186-187; John S. Walton, Inc. advertisement, Antiques (October 1965), p.392). Interestingly, the same mount adorns a pair of card tables documented to Lannuier's competitor, Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854) as well as another card table attributed to Phyfe (Jeanne Vibert Sloane, "A Duncan Phyfe Bill and Furniture it Documents," Antiques (May 1987), p.1109; Nancy McClelland, Duncan Phyfe and the English Regency, 1795-1830 (New York, 1939), plate 287). Furthermore, at least two card tables from a group of Philadelphia made furniture feature the same mounts; such use of the same mount design indicates that these ornaments were exported in bulk in various early American cities (Flanigan, American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection (New York, 1986), cat.73, pp.184-185 and McClelland, plate 126).