55th Annual Delaware Show

The Pursuit of Beauty ... Ladies’ Work Table, ca. 1813Ͳ1815 by America Pinckney Peter (1803Ͳ1842). A tromp l’oeil motif depicting a playing card, sheet music, a red leather wallet, gaming tokens and calling card painted while a student at Ms. Mallon’s Seminary in Philadelphia. Later presented to her mother, Martha Custis Peter, a granddaughter and namesake of Martha Washington, the table has remained at Tudor Place for more than 200 years. www.tudorplace.org

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