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Superb Rare & Important Federal American Inlaid & Figured Mahogany And Birchwood Card Table Attibuted To Elisha Tucker From 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 by Elisha Tucker 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 "Eighteenth-and early Nineteeth century American furniture at the Honolulu Academy of Arts", The Magazine Antiques, Volume 113, No 5, Page 1088, plate 1 This Superb Rare & Important Federal American Inlaid Card Table By A Documented Maker Has Survived In A Superb State Of Preservation With A Wonderful Mellow Nut Brown Patina. Circa: 1810-1815. A gem! A Highly Successful Form Of Elegant American Early 19th Century Sheraton Furntiure By A Well Known Documented Boston, Massachusetts Cabinetmaker. Choice Condition.
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