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Card Table

Decorative Arts and Design

MAKER Unknown
MEDIUM Mahogany, other woods, gilt bronze, marbled paper
  • Possible Place Made: New York, United States
  • DATES ca. 1815-1820
    DIMENSIONS 30 1/2 x 36 1/8 x 17 7/8 in. (77.5 x 91.8 x 45.4 cm)  (show scale)
    MARKINGS no marks
    ACCESSION NUMBER 2004.95.2
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Andrew Berrien Jones
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Rectangular card table with rounded corners and hinged slightly-overhanging top on wide columnar base with bronze ring hardware at base on parabolic X-stretcher on top of four short cylindrical legs with flattened concentric circle buttons and atop bronze bulbous vegetal feet consisting of a ring of leaves at the top and tapering gadrooned flutes at the bottom, raised on casters. Highly refinished.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Unknown. Card Table, ca. 1815-1820. Mahogany, other woods, gilt bronze, marbled paper, 30 1/2 x 36 1/8 x 17 7/8 in. (77.5 x 91.8 x 45.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Andrew Berrien Jones, 2004.95.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2004.95.2_PS2.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, overall, 2004.95.2_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2010
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    Unknown. <em>Card Table</em>, ca. 1815-1820. Mahogany, other woods, gilt bronze, marbled paper, 30 1/2 x 36 1/8 x 17 7/8 in. (77.5 x 91.8 x 45.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Andrew Berrien Jones, 2004.95.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2004.95.2_PS2.jpg)