Table, Card
- Object Name:
- Table, Card
- Object ID:
- 1992.046.01
- Creator:
- Judkins & Senter
Cabinetmaker - Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- circa 1810
- Description:
- Card table. Attributed to Judkins & Senter, Portsmouth, NH; c. 1810. Sheraton style. Mahogany with flame birch veneer. Folding table top, on brass hinges at side edges, supported by swinging rear leg. Table top shape is rectangular, with elliptical front, half-elliptical ends (done by adding shaped wood blocks to an otherwise rectangular form), and ovolo corners. Table top is mahogany with birch veneer along the edges; skirt has mahogany and flame birch veneer going the full length of the table, and a zig-zag inlay string at the lower edge; these skirt decorations continue along the colonnettes. Ring and ball turnings on upper and lower ends of legs, with vertical fluting in between. Legs taper down to very slender feet.
- Material:
- Wood
Mahogany
Birch - Dimensions:
- H-30.5 W-41.625 D-19.125 inches
- Provenance:
- Table, attributed to Portsmouth cabinetmakers Judkins & Senter (1808-26), purchased by NHHS at Ron Bourgeault auction, Aug. 2, 1992, Manchester, NH.
The table is originally from the Haven-White house on Pleasant St., Portsmouth, NH. Joseph Haven was the original purchaser of the house, 1814, in which Judkins & Senter had an interest. Haven was also known to have owned an 1815 sideboard by Judkins & Senter. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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