Table, Card
- Object Name:
- Table, Card
- Object ID:
- 1952.018
- Creator:
- Cumston & Buckminster
Cabinetmaker - Place of Origin:
- Saco, ME
- Date:
- 1809-1816
- Description:
- Card Table. Attributed to Cumston & Buckminster, Saco, ME; 1809-1816. Sheraton style. Mahogany, crotch mahogany veneer, birdseye maple veneer, with maple secondary wood. Serpentine front with engaged fluted and ring turned legs. Skirt veneered with birdseye maple; edged with wooden rope molding (some molding missing from each corner). Folded table top supported by swing leg -- attached with an interlocking wooden hinge and pin pivot. Table top made of four pieces; folded top attached with brass hinges on the short edges. Table top roughly square in dimensions -- each side serpentine (following the skirt), with round corners. Note that skirt is cut into the serpentine shape from a solid piece of wood, rather than steamed or pieced onto a rectangular frame. Twenty four glue blocks under the table. Dovetail and pegged construction. Illegible chalk marks under table top.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-29.375 W-36.375 D-18.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by Miss Isabel Paul from her great aunt, Miss Parna (Panny) Towle (1818-1911). This piece and the secretary (1952.010) of the same bequest are thought to have come from Exeter or Epping, NH (cabinetmaker not yet known). They are described in legatee's will as "my Hepplewhite secretary and card table which matches it."
Recent research on construction/decoration details suggests that both pieces probably were made in Saco, Maine, where Parna Towle also had a residence. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Isabel Paul
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