Baltimore Hepplewhite mahogany card table, ca. 1795, the demilune top with large inlaid shell overhanging a conforming frame with line inlaid panels and ebony banded edge supported by square tapering legs with oval shell inlaid capitals, above a bellflower chain terminating in spade feet, retaining an old dry surface, 29" h., 36" w. A related table exhibiting an identical shell inlay on the top and bellflower chain is illustrated in
Baltimore Furniture: The Work of Baltimore and Annapolis Cabinetmakers From 1760-1810, fig. 4. Provenance: Chester County Historical Society.
Condition
1" loss to shell inlay on top. Cracks to veneer. Nice old surface. Repaired break to underside of swing leg at hinge.