Card table

Published/Created:: Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1800–1810
Physical Description:: 29 x 39 x 19 in.
Materials:: Mahogany; satinwood or birch
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Sheraton mahogany card table, the frame is serpentine, front and sides with ringed turret corners; the front is divided with three crossbanded panels, the center oval of satinwood or birch is framed in a crossbanded mahogany rectangle, the flanking panels and side panels are finely figured satinwood or birch; the top and leaf have crossbanded inlaid edges, bulbous reeded legs, beautiful golden patina. Related to a similar Sheraton mahogany card table illustrated in American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. 8, p. 2253, pl. P5711; these two tables are closely related in form and design, came from the same source and have probably always been together. They are offered separately but would make marvelous companions.
Related objects: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 8, p. 2253, pl. P5711.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 8, p. 2252, pl. P5710.
Variant Titles:: Sheraton mahogany card table
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--Sheraton style
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: Federal
Sheraton
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 5710
Genre:: card tables (AAT)
Format:: Image
Physical Object
Content Type:: Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs
Rights:: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Access Restrictions:: Public
Source Title:: Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
Source Created:: New York, New York, United States
1957–1990
Source Note:: Sack, November 1985
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.
Folder:: Folder 10667 cab2dr3
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10956021
OID:: 11832874
PID:: digcoll:847508