19th Century Federal Mahogany Card table
19th Century Federal Mahogany Card table
A stylish 19th century Federal Mahogany games or card table with canted fold-over top, ebony inlayed banding and green baize playing surface. The table is held on a central squared pedestal support, with quadraphorm base terminating in out-swept sabre legs. Can also be used as a decorative console table when not in use.
Following the Revolutionary War, the American republic referenced the Roman Republic in its designs to celebrate its independence and declare itself a powerful new country. Imbued with neoclassical elements like those being promoted by architect Robert Adam in Great Britain, antique Federal-style furniture was the first distinctly American style in its melding of ancient influences, European aesthetics and national pride.
Height 73cm
Width 91.5cm
Depth 45.5cm