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Figures 104 and 105. Card Tables. Wealth, skilled competitors, population growth, and knowledge of fashion were parts of a mixture of ingredients in Philadelphia that produced imaginative variety in furniture design. A straight frame with nonconforming top supported by tapered Marlborough legs provides a contrasting form in Figure 105. Top corners are rounded, like those seen on Philadelphia breakfast tables (Figs.
97-98). A scrolled leaf and cabochon carved shaped skirt (Fig. 104) contrasts with applied gadrooning and pierced C-scroll brackets (Fig. 105).
Fig. 104: mahogany, white cedar, white oak;
1765-80; W 34 " (86.3 cm); acc. no. G60.1059. Fig.
105: mahogany, white oak, yellow pine, tulip; 177585; W 36" (91.4 cm); acc. no. C52.258.
Figure 106. Card Table...