PROBABLY BALTIMORE, 1790-1810

While the overall design of this table is unusual for the region, the table's construction indicates its Baltimore origins. Such construction features include the use of oak in the flyrail, stationary rail and knuckle hinges, as well as the medial brace dovetailed into the front and rear rails. Other construction elements seen on this table and often found on Baltimore tables include the use of two fixed- and two fly-legs, two rear leaf-edge tenons, and a filler-back construction with an overlapping flyleaf (for a detailed discussion of Baltimore construction methods, see William Voss Elder III and Jayne E. Stokes, American Furniture 1680-1880 from the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore, 1987), pp. 134-135).

Square card tables with ovolo corners are rarely seen in contemporary Baltimore card tables. A card table of similar shape is illustrated in Elder and Stokes, 1987, pp. 134-135, cat. no. 100.