Table, Card
- Object Name:
- Table, Card
- Object ID:
- 2020.012.02
- Creator:
- Clark, Joseph (1767-1851) -- Cabinetmaker
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth/Greenland, NH
- Date:
- circa 1810
- Description:
- Card table. Attributed to Joseph Clark (1767-1851), Greenland, Portsmouth, and Wolfeboro, NH. Mahogany. Shaped, hinged top with alternating wood string inlay along edge. Reeded tapered legs. Pivoting, hinged rear leg. Initials "SA" on underside of top, probably for Samuel Avery.
- Material:
- Wood
Mahogany - Dimensions:
- H-28.5 W-35.75 D-17.25 inches
- Provenance:
- One of two pieces that were made for and owned by Joseph Clark's daughter, Mary Moody (Clark) Avery (1795-1876), who married Samuel Avery (1785-1858), January 13, 1814. From the Avery house in Wolfeboro, NH. Lots 130 and 133, purchased by the donors at July 30, 2020, Eldred's Auction, East Dennis, MA.
The son of Greenleaf Clark and Mary Moody, Joseph Clark was born in 1767 in Greenland, NH. He married Comfort Weeks in 1792 in Greenland. The Clarks moved to Wolfeboro in 1817. Joseph Clark died there in 1851. His son, Enoch Moody Clark (1802-1865), took over the cabinetmaking business in 1830. - Credit Line:
- Gift of William W. Upton and Mr. and Mrs. James L. Garvin
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