Card Table

Artist / Maker

Attributed to Hugh Finlay (1781–1830)

City of Manufacture

Baltimore

Date

c. 1815–1830

Dimensions

28-3/4 × 36 × 17-3/4 in.

Medium

Primary woods: tulip poplar

Secondary woods: walnut, white pine, possibly maple

Surface treatments: painted decoration, stencil gilding, applied penwork, brass

Provenance

Probably owned by James Clark of Baltimore (1840–1909) and his wife Elizabeth Booker (d. 1885) of Lynchburg, VA. By descent to their daughter Nannie P. Clark, Baltimore (Mrs. Robert Chester Smith, 1882–c. 1969); By descent to her son Robert Chester Smith Jr. (1912–1975), PhD, Professor of Art History, University of Pennsylvania; By descent to cousins of Robert Chester Smith Jr.; Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, Oct. 11, 2001, lot 248; With J. Michael Flanigan, American Antiques, Baltimore, 2001; Purchased by Schrimshers, 2001.