Card Table, Attributed to John and Thomas Seymour, 1790-1815

Card tables provided 18th and 19th century Americans with the space to play cards and other games. For the well-to-do, elegant and fashionable tables also demonstrated their wealth and social status. Craftsmen John and Thomas Seymour made furniture in the highest style for affluent, turn-of-the-19th-century Bostonians. This stylish, expensive-to-make table is attributed to the famous father and son furniture makers.