Illus. 275.—Card-table,
1805-1810.
When the leaves are all in use the table is fourteen feet long, and stands very firmly, the leaves being held together by a brass clamp, seen in the illustration.
Illus. 276.—Phyfe Card-table,
1810-1820.
A very fine card table owned by Mrs. Clarence R. Hyde of Brooklyn is shown in Illustration [275]. It is made of mahogany, with a band of satinwood around the box top. When open, the whole top revolves upon a pivot. The legs are slender and well carved, with lion’s feet.
One of the finest of American cabinet-makers was Duncan Phyfe, whose address in the New York directory of 1802 is 35 Partition Street (now Fulton Street). He pursued his business until 1850, employing one hundred workmen. Much of his furniture still exists, notably chairs with lyre backs.
A Phyfe card-table owned by Miss H. P. F. Burnside of Worcester is shown in Illustration [276]. The strings of the lyre are of brass, like the lion’s feet in which the legs end.
