Card Table
Unknown Maker (possibly Charleston, South Carolina), American, 19th century
about 1795-1805
Mahogany and possibly holly, Eastern white pine
Overall: 28 1/16 × 34 3/4 × 17 5/16 in. (71.2 × 88.3 × 43.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret W. Hayward
F.954.158
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Furniture: Table
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in black crayon, under table: [illegible] / Smith / Charleston [?] NC
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, American Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Muesum of Art, Hanover: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 2007, p. 216, no. 189.
Provenance
Dr. Nathan Smith [1762-1829, founder of the Dartmouth Medical School], Hanover, New Hampshire; descended in his family to Margaret W. [Mrs. Harold B.] Hayward, Stoneham, Massachusetts and West Newbury, Vermont; given to present collection, 1954.
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