Card Table, 1765-1790
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Artifact Overview
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 Details
Artifact
Card table
Date Made
1765-1790
Place of Creation
Location
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
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