Card Table

1819–25

Isaac Vose & Son
American, 1819–25
Boston
Carving attributed to Thomas Wightman
American, active 1797–1825

Because few pieces of classical furniture from Boston are labeled, scholars have relied on histories of ownership to make claims about furniture made there. This card table, whose style is unique to Boston during the early 19th century, can be firmly traced back to the Lyman family, Bostonians who summered in Newport, Rhode Island. And, although the table is not signed by the Vose firm, it features striking visual similarities to other pieces that are signed, and it bears consistent construction details, including a lavish use of mahogany as a secondary wood, that are characteristic of the shop of Issac Vose & Son, the Boston cabinetmaking firm that began when Issac Vose, Sr. (1767–1823), entered into a partnership with Joshua Coates (d. 1819) in 1805.

Status: On View, Gallery 172
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Isaac Vose & Son
Title: Card Table
Place: Boston (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1819–1825
Medium: Mahogany, satinwood veneer, iron and brass
Dimensions: 73.7 × 45.7 × 92.7 cm (29 × 18 × 36 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Harry A. Root in memory of Curtis C. Palmer
Reference Number: 2012.125
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Charles Lyman, Boston and Newport, RI; by descent to his granddaughter, Annie Lyman Judge, Newport, RI; Donald Webster, North Bethesda, MD; Edwin Vason Jones, Albany, GA; by descent to his daughter, Mrs. James G. Balling, Albany, GA; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lockwood, Cincinnati, OH; Charles Buckley, Mount Vernon, NH, by 1989; Peter Sawyer Antiques; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2012.

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