Table

Title:

Hepplewhite-Style Serpentine Card Table

Object Name:

Table

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

1795-1810

Material:

Mahogany, pine, unknown inlays

Dimensions:

H-4.75 L-21 Dia-7 inches

Description:

Square card table with elliptical front and half serpentine ends; hinged top; four square legs with sharply tapered feet; patterned bands of inlay on edges of skirt and top; veneered panels on side and across front; stringing down legs; pointed oval inlay at top of legs.

Provenance:

George Hepplewhite was regarded as one of the "big three" of English furniture makers of the eighteenth century, along with Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Chippendale. His "The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterers Guide" was published posthumously in 1788. There are no pieces of furniture made by Hepplewhite or his firm known to exist but he gave his name to a distinctive style of light, elegant furniture that was fashionable between about 1775 and 1800 and reproductions of his designs continued through the following centuries. Hepplewhite furniture was especially popular on the Eastern Seaboard, from New England to the Carolinas.

This table relates to a number of similar card tables made in Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire at the beginning of the nineteenth century. It was supposedly owned by the Gilman family.

Subjects:

Tables, Furniture, Furnishings

People:

Phillips, Mrs. Henry L., Gilman

Place of Origin:

Massachusetts

Collection Name:

Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire

Item Number:

1990.102

Accession Number:

1990.102

Type of Material:

Objects

Copyright Statement:

For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the American Independence Museum

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Phillips

Participating Organization:

American Independence Museum