Card table
John Townsend
ca. 1786 · Mahogany, maple, chestnut, tulip poplar · The American Wing
This deceptively plain table is one of the masterpieces of John Townsend's late oeuvre. It is fashioned from the densest of Cuban or San Domingo mahoganies and retains its original oiled finish. Both the visible stop-fluting and cross-hatching and the interior construction are executed with machinelike precision. The table descended in the Champlin family of Newport, together with a 1765 block-and-shell chest (27.57.1) and a 1789 block-and-shell tall clock (27.57.2).
- Artist
- John Townsend
- Date
- ca. 1786
- Medium
- Mahogany, maple, chestnut, tulip poplar
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Egleston Fund, 1927
