Federal Inlaid Mahogany Five-legged Card Table

Description:

Federal Inlaid Mahogany Five-legged Card Table, probably New York, c. 1800, the string-inlaid top with projecting serpentine front flanked by ovolo corners and straight sides, above a conformingly shaped apron inlaid with ovals within mitered panels and banded lower edge, all joining four fixed string-inlaid and cuffed square tapering legs and one swinging leg, the four fixed legs topped with floral inlay, old surface, (imperfections),ht. 29 3/4, wd. 36 1/4, dp. 18 in.

Provenance: Reportedly owned in the early 19th century by Mary Champlin of New York, who married a man with the last name Jackson, of a prominent Baltimore family. It passed (along with a great deal of furniture, according to family lore) to her grand-nephew James Ryder and his wife Julia, of 34 Herriman Avenue, Jamaica, Queens, New York. James Ryder was a real estate developer, landowner, and businessman in late 19th century Queens. The Ryder family farm in Queens was sold to the Jockey Club and became Aqueduct Race Track. The table has descended in the Ryder family to the current owner.
Estimate $1,000-1,500

some inlay missing from edge of top, cracks and patching to veneer.


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