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On Display: House - Gold And White Room
Table (Card table)
1795-1810
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Maple
- Pine, white
- Paint
- Gilt
Museum Object Number
1952.0164
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1952.0164
Object Name
Table (Card table)
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
New York; New York; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Comments: Previously attributed to the Middletown area of Connecticut, but was probably made in New York City.
Date
1795-1810
Materials
- Maple
- Pine, white
- Paint
- Gilt
Dimensions (inches)
29 (H) x 38 (W) x 18.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
73.66 (H) x 96.52 (W) x 46.99 (D)
Measurement Notes
OH, OW and OD with top closed. H (top open, left side) 28.3125 in. (71.5 cm); W (front feet) 24 in. (60.8 cm); W (back feet, closed) 37.25 in. (94.5 cm); D (feet, closed) 12.25 in. (31 cm).
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Montgomery, Charles F., et al. 1966 American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 474Article: Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1998 "The Christian M. Nestell Drawing Book: A Focus on the Ornamental Painter and His Craft in Early Nineteenth-Century America". American Furniture. 1998: 99-163.
• Published: figs. 86 & 94, pp. 146 & 153Book: Priddy, Sumpter. 2004 American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts, 1790-1840.
• Published: figs. 75-76, pp. 46-47.