Table, Card

Object Name:

Table, Card

Object ID:

1989.053.01

Creator:

Sanborn, Reuben (1823-1901)Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Union, NH/Wakefield, NH

Date:

1844-1860

Description:

Card Table. Empire style, attributed to Reuben Sanborn (1823-1901), Union, NH with painted graining to resemble mahogany. Tabletop is approximately square, with serpentine edges, simplified lyre base, and scrolled feet. To open tabletop, folded top is rotated 90 degrees on a stationery pivot over a compartment, which then forms the support for the opened table. The two panels of the tabletop are held together with brass hinges screwed into the long edge of the tabletop. Serpentine front to dovetailed compartment. Simplified lyre base attached to compartment with screws. Decorative semi-circular projection on front of foot block. Four brass casters on foot block. Several scratches on tabletop.

Material:

Wood
Metal
Brass
Pine

Dimensions:

H-27.875 W-31.875 D-32.25 inches

Provenance:

Attributed by the selling family to Union Chair Factory, Wakefield, NH, which was operated by Reuben Sanborn (1823-1901). Purchased by the donors at Hap Moore auction, Kennebunk, Maine, April 2, 1989. The table came with a late 19th-century photograph of the Union Chair Factory building.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Garvin

People:

Sanborn, Reuben (1823-1901)