Card table (one of a pair)
Samuel McIntire
(American, 1757–1811)
1806–09
Object PlaceSalem, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, mahogany veneer, white pine
DimensionsOverall: 76.2 x 124.5 x 61.9 cm (30 x 49 x 24 3/8 in.)
Credit LineThe M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession number23.16
On View
On viewClassificationsFurniture
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This remarkable card table and its mate, displayed nearby, are masterpieces of Neoclassical design. Made for Elias Hasket Derby, the tables may have stood in the magnificent mansion that Samuel McIntire designed for Derby on the corner of Essex and Front streets, in Salem. The crisply carved cornucopias, flower garlands, and grape clusters relate to carved decoration by McIntire on other Derby-family furniture. This table is set with counters and reproduction playing cards for the popular game of loo.
ProvenanceFrom Oak Hill, Peabody; descended in the family to Louise Lander; acquired by Miss Martha C. Codman; lent by her on May 25, 1921; included in the M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts (Accession Date January 4, 1923)
