A Chippendale Carved Mahogany Serpentine Card Table

ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS AFFLECK, PHILADELPHIA, 1770-1780

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A Chippendale Carved Mahogany Serpentine Card Table
Attributed to Thomas Affleck, Philadelphia, 1770-1780
The hinged serpentine top with molded edge above a conforming skirt fitted with a single serpentine drawer above gadrooned apron fitted at the corners with carved pierced brackets, on molded square tapering legs, retains period silver brasses, possibly original
24in. high, 35¾in. wide, 18¼in. deep

來源

The Griffith Family, Philadelphia
The Stockwell Family, Wilmington, Delaware
David Stockwell, Wilmington, Delaware
Sotheby's New York, The Contents of Langdon, February 2, 1985, lot 1143

拍品專文

Among the finest examples of its form, this card table relates closely to a group of late 18th century tables from Philadelphia that may have been popularized by the shop of Thomas Affleck. William Horner pictures four similar examples in his Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture (Washington, D.C., 1935), plates 255, 266, 269, and 276, two of which he attributes to Thomas Affleck. The example offered here is very similar to plate 266, a table that Horner notes was made by Affleck at a cost of four pounds. Among the perhaps dozen surviving examples of the form, this example is related most closely to a table in the Winterthur Museum (see Downs, American Furniture, [New York, 1952] cat. no. 246). The present example is distinguished by the deeply shaped serpentine case sides that mirror the shaping of the top. This detail, lacking on many examples, infuses the table with an increased sense of movement and elegance.