Lot 204
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A PAIR OF FEDERAL MAHOGANY VENEERED CARD-TABLES
A PAIR OF FEDERAL MAHOGANY VENEERED CARD-TABLES

BALTIMORE, 1800-1810

Details
A PAIR OF FEDERAL MAHOGANY VENEERED CARD-TABLES
Baltimore, 1800-1810
Each with a hinged demi-lune top with inlaid edge above a conforming case with geometric line-inlay and banded edge, on square tapering legs with banded cuffs
29in. high, 37in. wide, 32in. (open) (2)

Lot Essay

These card tables illustrate geometric inlay and stringing typical of high-style cabinetmaking in Baltimore during the Federal era. A similar card table is illustrated and discussed in Gregory R. Weidman, Furniture in Maryland 1740-1940 (Baltimore, 1984), p. 176, no. 147.