and Inlaid Mahogany Card Table Newport, possibly John Townsend, 1790-1800, figured solid mahogany top over deeply shaped front and side skirts, solid mahogany rails, corners set with fan inlay on fluted square legs, maple and pine secondary, 28-1/2 x 31-1/2 x 15-1/4 in., opens to 30-1/2 in. lacking one corner bracket, other three probably replaced, wear and abrasions to legs, shallow vertical crack at one rear leg, some wear and abrasions to legs. Notes: A closely related table labeled by John Townsend is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; another example was bequeathed to the Newport Restoration Foundation by Doris Duke in 1993; This example is illustrated in Sack, Fine Points of Furniture, 1950, p. 280 and is listed as "Best".. Provenance: Israel Sack, Inc. New York, Collection of Mrs. Virginia F. Giannestras, Cincinnati, Ohio, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, January 20, 1962, Sale 2080, lot 116; Property Property of a Pennsylvania Family lacking one corner bracket, other three probably replaced, wear and abrasions to legs, shallow vertical crack at one rear leg, some wear and abrasions to legs