Card Table, 1765-1790
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This is a rare survival of a Charleston high style, colonial-era card table. Wealthy southerners tended to purchase expensive furniture from London, rather than from local craftsmen. This piece is executed in the Chinese Chippendale taste -- the decorative carvings are derived from an illustration for a "China Case" in Thomas Chippendale's famous pattern book.
This is a rare survival of a Charleston high style, colonial-era card table. Wealthy southerners tended to purchase expensive furniture from London, rather than from local craftsmen. This piece is executed in the Chinese Chippendale taste -- the decorative carvings are derived from an illustration for a "China Case" in Thomas Chippendale's famous pattern book.
Artifact
Card table
Date Made
1765-1790
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On Exhibit
at Henry Ford Museum in Fully Furnished
Object ID
60.95.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Mahogany (Wood)
Oak (Wood)
Pine (Wood)
Color
Brown
Dimensions
Height: 27.875 in
Width: 36.125 in
Length: 17.875 in