Card Table Maker, possibly by: Samuel Barnard (American, active 1800–1820)

1800–1820

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Mahogany with mahogany, rosewood, and maple veneers; eastern white pine

Dimensions

28 7/8 × 35 3/8 × 17 1/8 in. (73.3 × 89.8 × 43.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Benjamin A. Hewitt, B.A. 1943, Ph.D. 1952, in memory of Patrick M. Spadaccino, Jr.

Accession Number

1986.113.1

Geography

Made in Salem, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Portsmouth, N.H. Sale, Northeast Auctions, Hampton, N.H., August 1977, sold to Patrick M. Spadaccino, Jr. (1943–2017), Danbury, Conn.; sold to Benjamin Attmore Hewitt (1921–2006), New Haven, Conn. and Wakefield, R.I., and later South Kingstown, R. I., 1984, given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1986

Sources:
Bourgeault: U.S., Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2 - AncestryLibrary.com

Patrick M Spadaccino U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current - AncestryLibrary.com

Obituary for Patrick M Spadaccino (magnerfuneralhome.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), 39, 188–91, no. 91, pl. 1, ill
  • Benjamin Attmore Hewitt, Patricia E. Kane, and Gerald W. R. Ward, The Work of Many Hands: Card Tables in Federal America, 1790–1820, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982), 135–36, no. 19
  • Benjamin Attmore Hewitt, "Regional Characteristics of Inlay on American Federal Card Tables," Antiques 121, no. 5 (May 1982), 1169, pl. 6
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

card tables

Inscriptions

"S . B" is branded on the upper surface of the fly rail. "A . B" is written in ink on the inside surface of the fly rail

Signed

"SB" branded on top of flyrail

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