Live Auction 18947In Praise of America: Important American Furniture, Folk Art, Silver, Prints and Broadsides
A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY CARD TABLE
Lot 175 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF RALPH E. CARPENTER, JR.

A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY CARD TABLE

NEWPORT, 1770-1790

Closed22 January 2021

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USD 5,000

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A CHIPPENDALE CARVED MAHOGANY CARD TABLE
NEWPORT, 1770-1790
27 ¾ in. high, 36 in. wide, 17 ½ in. deep

Purchased from William Bluck & Co., Hamilton, Bermuda, April 1968

Specialist note


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.