A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY CARD TABLE
A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY CARD TABLE
A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY CARD TABLE
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RALPH E. CARPENTER, JR.
A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY CARD TABLE

NEWPORT, 1770-1790

Details
A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY CARD TABLE
NEWPORT, 1770-1790
27 ¾ in. high, 36 in. wide, 17 ½ in. deep
Provenance
Purchased from William Bluck & Co., Hamilton, Bermuda, April 1968
Literature
Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr., "Mowbra Hall and a Collection of Period Rooms: Part I," The Connoisseur (June 1972), p. 81, figs. 3–4.
Laura Beach, "The Past Is Present in Newport: A Couple's Lifelong Love of Antiques," Antiques and Fine Art (Summer 2005), p. 121.
The Rhode Island Furniture Archive at the Yale University Art Gallery, RIF332.

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Lot Essay


Made of densely figured mahogany and exhibiting hallmarks of Newport craftsmanship, this card table was a proud discovery made by Ralph Carpenter on a trip to Bermuda. The serpentine-shaping to the top and frame, corner blocking and stop-fluted legs are features seen on a number of models made in late eighteenth-century Rhode Island. For a similar table, see The Rhode Island Furniture Archive at Yale University Art Gallery, RIF304.

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