Card table Maker, attributed to: Samuel Fisk (American, 1769–1797)
Maker, attributed to: (and/or) William Fisk (1770–1844)

1792–1800

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Mahogany, mahogany veneer; eastern white pine (frame rails, glue blocks, drawer runners), soft maple (hinged rail)

Dimensions

28 3/8 × 35 5/8 × 17 3/8 in. (72.1 × 90.5 × 44.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Bartels in honor of Benjamin A. Hewitt, B.A. 1943, Ph.D. 1952

Accession Number

1983.23

Geography

Made in Boston, Massachusetts, or Roxbury, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

18th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
With Kenneth Hammit Antiques, Woodbury, Conn., by May 1982; sold to Nancy Horton Bartels (Mrs. Henry Bartels, born 1926) and Henry Bartels (1922–2015), North Haven and later North Branford, Conn., May 1982; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1983

Sources: Kenneth Hammit Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012 - AncestryLibrary.com
Nancy Bartels U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1 - AncestryLibrary.com

Henry Bartels Henry Bartels Obituary (1922 - 2015) - North Branford, CT - GreenwichTime (legacy.com)
Bibliography
  • David L. Barquist, Elisabeth Donaghy Garrett, and Gerald W. R. Ward, American Tables and Looking Glasses in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 195–97, no. 96, ill
  • "Acquisitions 1983," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 39, no. 2 (Fall 1984), 62, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

card tables

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