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Federal American card or gaming table

Catalogue: Antiques: Furnishings: Furniture: American: Federal: Pre 1837 VR   item# 713924 (stock# 6466)

Federal American card or gaming table
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Gordon S. Converse and Co.
610.722.9004


$7,500.00 

A Federal American gaming table, possibly of New England origins. The intricate swag inlay with a central star and oval inlays on the pilasters above the squared tapered legs and the ovoulo top form all suggest a sophisticated cabinetmaker working in one of the population centers such as Boston or Baltimore. Gregory Weidman's "Furniture in Maryland" mentions that gaming tables like this were often made in pairs, a less known fact that is revealed only by newspaper advertisements an ...click for details

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