FEDERAL CARD TABLE BY THOMAS AND STEPHEN GODDARD
A VERY RARE SIX LEG FEDERAL CARD TABLE
Attibuted to Thomas And Stephen Goddard
Newport, Rhode Island Circa 1790
Primary Woods: Mahogany, Satinwood
Secondary Woods: Maple, Pine
Height: 28 3/4 inches
Width: 17 3/4 inches
Depth: 17 3/4 inches
Reference: Ethel Hall Bjerkoe, The Cabinetmakers of America, plate XXV, no. 2, shows a similar table made by Thomas and Stephen Goddard at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Other tables of this group include a pair at the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, Rhode Island ( See Joseph K. Ott, The John Brown House Loan Exhibition Of Rhode Island Furniture, entry 36), and one in the collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia.
Inventory #37976