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Card Table

1740–60
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774
The form of this table is most unusual. The table top is in two pieces: one a drop leaf, the other lifting up to provide access to a storage well, presumably for storing card-playing accoutrements. While it is possible for the entire top to be vertical, the lack of any device to support the upper half in an upright position shows that the table was not intended to be stored in a corner. The table is unquestionably from Rhode Island, not only because of its Newport provenance, but also because of its unmistakable Newport features, especially the use of dense, purple-hued mahogany and maple as a secondary wood.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Card Table
  • Date: 1740–60
  • Geography: Made in Newport, Rhode Island, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Mahogany, maple, white pine
  • Dimensions: 27 1/4 x 35 1/2 x 34 1/2 in. (69.2 x 90.2 x 87.6 cm)
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Mary B. Coggeshall, 1973
  • Object Number: 1973.32
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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