Table, Card

Object Name:

Table, Card

Object ID:

1956.389.01

Date:

1800-1810

Description:

Card Table. Square with folding top, extending 4" beyond frame at ends. Leaf supported on swinging left rear leg. Bead decorating lower edge of all four rails. Drawer at front, extending full width, with ovolo molded edges. Four square legs, each with bead at outer corner. Surface painted with red and black tortoiseshell graining. Edges of top show evidence of yellow sponged decoration. Playing surface has green, yellow, and black sponged design on a tortoiseshell background; a curving row of trees discernible along front edge. "J.M. Codman" branded twice, in upper case letters, once on bottom of drawer, once on inside of back rail. Table top maple; drawer front birch; legs maple. No corner blocks. Long glue blocks at juncture of overhanging top and outer surface of side rails; glue blocks have separated from top. Drawer pull missing; two screw holes indicating its position. Left hinge loose. "M.H. Jewell" impressed on outer surface of left drawer side. Top damaged near left hinge.

Material:

Wood

Dimensions:

H-28.25 W-35.375 D-34.5 inches

Provenance:

Purchased by donor c. 1925 in East Washington, NH, a village just over the town line from Hillsborough. Probably belonged to John Moore Codman (1822-72) of Hillsborough, NH, whose grandparents had settled in that town c. 1800. J. M. Codman was a locomotive engineer until 1870, when he engaged in the tin, stove, and hardware business. Part of his life was spent in Northfield, VT, and Concord, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of Margaret H. Jewell

People:

Codman, John Moore (1822-1872), Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)