Pair of Card Tables

Artist / Maker

Probably by Michael Allison (1773–1855)

City of Manufacture

New York

Date

c. 1815–1825

Dimensions

29 x 36 x 17-3/4 in.

Medium

Primary woods: satinwood and mahogany veneer, ebony inlay, ebonized maple and mahogany

Secondary woods: mahogany, white pine, maple

Surface treatments: brass

Provenance

Estate of Elizabeth J. Shaw Benz, New York; Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, Jun. 23–24, 1994, lot 461. With Leigh Keno Inc., New York, 1995. Westervelt Company, Tuscaloosa, AL; Sale, Christie’s, New York, Sept. 5, 2013, lot 119; Purchased by Schrimshers, 2013

Publications / Exhibition History

Armstrong, Tom. An American Odyssey: The Warner Collection of American Fine and Decorative Arts. New York, 2001. p. 193.

Keno, Leigh, Leslie Keno, and Joan Barzilay Freund. Hidden Treasures: Searching for Masterpieces of American Furniture. New York: Warner Books, Inc., 2000. p. 166.

Curry, David Park. American Dreams: Paintings and Decorative Arts from the Warner Collection. Richmond: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1997. p. 1.