Table, Card
- Object Name:
- Table, Card
- Object ID:
- 1956.176
- Place of Origin:
- MA or NH
- Date:
- 1795-1810
- Description:
- Card Table. Square with half-serpentine ends and elliptic front. Folding top, hinged leaf being supported on swinging left rear leg. Edges of upper leaf decorated along middle with mahogany crossband. Edges of lower leaf are beveled below a fillet. Front and side rails veneered with mahogany and edged at bottom with a mahogany cross band which also extends across outer surface of legs. At center of front rail is inlaid an oval panel of satinwood, horizontally oriented and set within a slightly projecting, mitred tablet of mahogany veneer. Upper parts of front legs, adjacent to rails, veneered on face with rectangular panels of satinwood. Four square tapered legs arranged in trapezoidal formation, the front legs being closer together than back legs. Light line stringing on outer face of leg s above cuffs, which extend around all four surfaces of each leg and are composed of mahogany cross-bands. All crossbanding, including that on upper leaf, rails and cuffs is outlined with light line stringing above and dark line stringing below. All satinwood panels outlined with dark and light double line stringing. Legs taper more sharply below cuffs. Outer back and fly rails birch. Vertical corner blocks; no glue blocks. Numerous cracks in veneer. Left front leg broken at juncture with frame and crudely repaired. Adjacent section of front rail split on back, with piece of crossbanded edging missing on front. Several scratches and heat (or water) damage on top. Back corners of upper leaf damaged above hinges. Juncture of top with frame reinforced with additional screw.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-29.25 W-35.875 D-35.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Table apparently used in the Willey Homestead, Northwood Center, NH. This house, built c. 1790 by John Willey, was inherited by the donor and her sister. John Willey (1763-1846), tailor, came to Northwood after the Revolution. He built a one-story center-chimney house. He married Mehitable Leathers (1766-1855). They had three sons; only William remained in Northwood. William married Mahala Dearborn; together they had eight children. One of their children, Mary, married Jasper Randlett of Lee and their two unmarried daughters, Minnie and Caroline, inherited the Willey homestead, living there until the mid 20th century.
For genealogical information and details of estate settlement, see Accession File. Note that the earliest Willey ancestor came from Durham to Northwood c. 1785. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Caroline B. Randlett
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