“It wasn’t for poker at night with the boys.”
Curator Peter Kenny on a remarkable 1817 card table by Charles-Honoré Lannuier.
Paris to New York
Peter M. Kenny
2 min. watch
Contributors
Peter M. Kenny
Curator
Curator
Photography by Peter Zeray
Art Mentioned
Charles-Honoré Lannuier
1817
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