Federal Mahogany and Cherry Card Table, New York, New York,...

Federal Mahogany and Cherry Card Table,
New York, New York, c. 1800.
The triple-elliptic top leaf opens over two fly-leg supports hinged to fixed cherry apron rail, the conforming front and returns of apron being horizontally laminated and veneered with inlaid tablet panels above four fixed legs, centering a larger notched inlaid panel, all underscored by cockbead molding applied to bottom edge, each of the six legs leg reeded above inverted balusters raised on a brass hairy paw foot, closed, 88cm wide, 43cm deep, 73cm high (35 3/4in wide, 17 1/2in deep, 29 1/2in high).
Provenance
The collection of Eric van Rooy.
Kyser-Hollingsworth, Washington, DC, 7 December 2005.