Photo: Courtesy, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., Bequest of Dr. Benjamin A. Hewitt, B.A. 1943, Ph.D. 1952
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Card table |
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Object numberRIF3612 |
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MakerMaker, possibly by Holmes Weaver, American, 17691848, active 17961848 |
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DimensionsClosed: 28 5/8 × 34 5/8 × 17 1/8 in. (72.71 × 87.95 × 43.5 cm) |
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Date17901810 |
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Current locationYale University Art Gallery |
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GeographyMade in Newport, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany (primary); white pine and cherry (secondary) |
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MarksUnknown |
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Inscriptions"K P E," incised, on underside of lower top leaf |
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ProvenanceBenjamin A. Hewitt (19212006), New Haven, Connecticut, then Charlestown, Rhode Island, by 1981; bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 2006 |
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Associated namesBenjamin Attmore Hewitt |
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ConstructionThe table has flush back and overlapping hinged-leg construction, hinged-rail design, one leaf-edge tenon, no medial brace, and four horizontal laminations in the curved rails. |
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NotesThis table was probably part of a set with a matching table and a pembroke table. They are all inlaid with engraved single-unit urns on the pilasters, tassels on the shafts, and flowers on a lightwood prism inlay extending from the cuff line to the floor. These inlays are believed to have been produced in Weaver's own shop. |
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See also |
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BibliographyBenjamin Attmore Hewitt, Patricia E. Kane, and Gerald W. R. Ward, The Work of Many Hands: Card Tables in Federal America, 17901820, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982), 146147, no. 29, ill.Benjamin Attmore Hewitt, "Regional Characteristics of Inlay on American Federal Card Tables," Antiques 121, no. 5 (May 1982): 1169, pl. 7, ill. "Acquisitions, July 1, 2006June 30, 2007," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2007): 34, fig. 3. Patricia E. Kane et al., Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 16501830, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2016), 402n2. |