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A 19th Century Mahogany Card Table
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A 19th Century Mahogany Card Table

19th century
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Showing On Geoffrey Mcgregor's Stand Is A 19th Century Mahogany Card Table The Oblong Shaped Top With Rounded Front Corners And Carved Edge Swivelling To Open And Reveal An Original Baize Lined Playing Area All Supported On A Turners Center Column

S5/1288

36”W X 18”D X 29”H

£795

Physical Dimensions
Height
73.7cm (29.02")
Width
91.4cm (35.98")
Depth
45.7cm (17.99")
Declaration

Long Melford Antiques has dated this Mahogany Card Table to the 19th Century.

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SA1160728
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S5/1288
Description
Showing On Geoffrey Mcgregor's Stand Is A 19th Century Mahogany Card Table The Oblong Shaped Top With Rounded Front Corners And Carved Edge Swivelling To Open And Reveal An Original Baize Lined Playing Area All Supported On A Turners Center Column

S5/1288

36”W X 18”D X 29”H

£795

Height
73.7cm (29.02")
Width
91.4cm (35.98")
Depth
45.7cm (17.99")
Date of Manufacture

Long Melford Antiques has dated this Mahogany Card Table to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1160728
Dealers Internal Ref
S5/1288
Long Melford Antiques
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A nineteenth-century mahogany fold-over card table featuring a rectangular top with rounded corners, bead moulding along the frieze, a turned pedestal column, and a quadripartite base with carved scroll feet.
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Archive I A nineteenth-century mahogany fold-over card table featuring a rectangular top with rounded corners, bead moulding along the frieze, a turned pedestal column, and a quadripartite base with carved scroll feet.

A 19th Century Mahogany Card Table

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Archive VII A nineteenth-century mahogany fold-over card table featuring a rectangular top with rounded corners, bead moulding along the frieze, a turned pedestal column, and a quadripartite base with carved scroll feet. View VII
Archive VIII A nineteenth-century mahogany fold-over card table featuring a rectangular top with rounded corners, bead moulding along the frieze, a turned pedestal column, and a quadripartite base with carved scroll feet. View VIII
Archive IX A nineteenth-century mahogany fold-over card table featuring a rectangular top with rounded corners, bead moulding along the frieze, a turned pedestal column, and a quadripartite base with carved scroll feet. View IX
Archive X A nineteenth-century mahogany fold-over card table featuring a rectangular top with rounded corners, bead moulding along the frieze, a turned pedestal column, and a quadripartite base with carved scroll feet. View X
Archive XI A nineteenth-century mahogany fold-over card table featuring a rectangular top with rounded corners, bead moulding along the frieze, a turned pedestal column, and a quadripartite base with carved scroll feet. View XI
Archive XII A nineteenth-century mahogany fold-over card table featuring a rectangular top with rounded corners, bead moulding along the frieze, a turned pedestal column, and a quadripartite base with carved scroll feet. View XII
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A nineteenth-century mahogany fold-over card table featuring a rectangular top with rounded corners, bead moulding along the frieze, a turned pedestal column, and a quadripartite base with carved scroll feet.
A 19th Century Mahogany Card Table
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A nineteenth-century mahogany fold-over card table featuring a rectangular top with rounded corners, bead moulding along the frieze, a turned pedestal column, and a quadripartite base with carved scroll feet.
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Fold-over card tables became highly popular in European social life during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as card games like whist and bridge gained prominence. Designed to sit flush against a wall as a console or tea table when closed, the top swivels and folds out to double its surface area when needed for entertainment.

These tables were typically constructed from dense hardwoods such as solid and veneered mahogany, rosewood, or walnut. Features often include hand-cut dovetail joints, brass hinges, central pedestal columns, turned or carved supports, and internal storage wells accessed by swivelling the top.

Authentic period examples demonstrate historical hand-craftsmanship, including uneven tool marks on unexposed undersides, original steel or brass table screws, natural wood shrinkage around joints, and aged baize linings or evidence of historical lining replacement.

When closed, an antique card table serves as a compact console table suited to hallway, living room, or dining room display. Stylists frequently position them in narrow spaces with contemporary artwork mounted above or lamps and decorative ceramics placed on the polished wooden top.

Maintain the surface by dusting regularly with a soft, lint-free cloth and applying high-grade beeswax polish once or twice a year in the direction of the grain. Keep the table away from direct heat sources and direct sunlight to prevent veneer movement and colour fading.
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