RARE BOSTON FEDERAL DEMI-LUNE INLAID CARD TABLE
attrib. John and Thomas Seymour, Boston, late 18th c.
bellflower inlay to tapering legs ending in unusual spade feet; both back legs swing out to support the top when open; 29"h; 36"w; 17.75"d
From the home of a Maine family.
For similar example of spade foot cardtable wee: The Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour, Robert Mussey Jr., page 340.
"The apron rails are built up from five thin, laminated, horizontal wood strips, a method that appears to characterize the Seymour cardtables of this early Boston period. "
Good color and clean.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Realized: $3,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 95 : RARE BOSTON FEDERAL DEMI-LUNE INLAID CARD TABLE
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