| Superb Rare & Important Federal American Inlaid & Figured Mahogany And Birchwood Card Table Attibuted To Elish Tucker Boston, Massachusetts Circa: 1810 Height 29 3/4", Width: 37", Depth: 18". A related labeled games table from the Henry Wood Erving collection sold at Sothebys Important Americana, May 22, 2003, sale no. 7905, lot 795. Other related card tables are in the collections of Winterthur Museum, The Metropolitan Museum Of Art and the Honolulu Academy of Arts (see Charles F. Montgomery, American Furniture: The Federal Period (New York, viking Press, Inc., 1966), page 330-331, no 302 and James F. Jensen "Eighteeenth- and early Nineteeth century American furniture at the Honolulu Academy of Arts", The Magazine Antiques, Volume 113, No 5, Page 1088, plate 1 The Rare & Important Federal American Inlaid Card Table Has Survived In A Superb State Of Preservation With A Wonderful Mellow Nut Brown Patina. Circa: 1810
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