Card table Maker, attributed to: Holmes Weaver (American, 1769–1848, active 1796–1848)

1796–1810

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Mahogany, white pine, and cherry

Dimensions

28 5/8 × 34 5/8 × 17 1/8 in. (72.708 × 87.948 × 43.498 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dr. Benjamin A. Hewitt, B.A. 1943, Ph.D. 1952

Accession Number

2007.19.5

Geography

Made in Newport, Rhode Island

Culture

American

Period

18th 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.

Bibliography
  • Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 34, pl. 3, ill
  • "Acquisitions, July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2007), 203–4, 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), 146-47, no. 29
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

card tables

Inscriptions

"K.E.", carved on underside of table

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