The Temple Family Queen Anne Carved and Figured Mahogany Games Table, Boston, Massacusetts circa 1755

Descended through the Temple family, Boston, MA;
Israel Sack, Inc., New York;
Private Collection;
Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York;
Alan Miller, Quakertown, Pennsylvania;
George and Lesley Schoedinger, Kansas City, Missouri

The secondary wood is white pine; the table has been refinished; brass hardware replaced; there is a diagonal 3 inch patch to proper left rear corner of fly leaf. Surface has been refinished. 1½" triangular surface patch to rear right corner of top at hinge area. Glue blocks which originally attached the top to the case are gone, but conforming glue residue and oxidation evidence are on inner top and inner sides of table. Top now attached with screws. Crack to rear left leg at juncture to swing rail where pins attach leg to swing rail. At some time, the front right leg broke out from the case. When repaired, both knee returns were replaced and the inside corner of the upper leg stock measuring approximately 6" was replaced. The rear right leg also broke out and the upper leg stock has a 1/2 inch replaced piece. Rear right claw and ball foot broke out at ankle and has been reattached with glue. The front left foot has the left toe and a small section of the ball replaced. The brass on the drawer is a later addition. Originally the drawer had a single post pull. Three corners of the drawer are replacements.
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Displaying the elegance of eighteenth-century Boston design, this graceful card table is distinguished by front and side cyma-curved aprons, delicate cabriole legs and small, and well-articulated claw-and-ball feet. The table was purchased by Israel Sack, Inc. directly from the descendants of Dr. Samuel Temple of Boston.¹

¹ Israel Sack, Inc., American Antiques in the Israel Sack Collection, (Alexandria, Va.: Highland House, 1981), Vol. 1, p.61, no.195.