Photo: Courtesy Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) at Old Salem, N.C., S-8728
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Card table |
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Object numberRIF4832 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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DimensionsClosed: 29 1/8 × 36 1/4 × 18 in. (73.98 × 92.08 × 45.72 cm) |
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Date17951805 |
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Current locationPrivate Collection |
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GeographyProbably made in Providence, Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumMahogany and mahogany veneers (primary); oak (hinged rail); yellow pine (inner frame); white pine (front core) |
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MarksUnknown |
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InscriptionsUnknown |
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ProvenanceBacot family, Charleston, South Carolina |
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Associated namesBacot family of Charleston, South Carolina |
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NotesThe pictorial inlay of crossed leaves on this table has traditionally been associated with Rhode Island since it is found on sideboards attributed to Thomas Howard of Providence. |
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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), 80, 82, pl. 151. |