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Card table

About 1760–70
Object PlaceNew York, New York, United States
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, oak, yellow-poplar, original green baize
Dimensions94.93 x 86.36 x 42.23 cm (37 3/8 x 34 x 16 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Edes, Catherine W. Faucon and by exchange from a Gift of Dudley Leavitt Pickman, and Charles Hitchcock Tyler Residuary Fund
Accession number60.132
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ClassificationsFurniture
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Description
New York card tables often had an additional fifth leg that swung out to support the second leaf when the table was open. With its bold, gadrooned (lobed) molding in the characteristic New York manner, this table retains its original playing surface of baize (a type of silk).
InscriptionsPainted on the bottom: "C B" In pencil on the back of the frame, probably dating to the nineteenth century is a name difficult to decipher. It reads: "Blain" or "Blair" or "Blinn" or "Bliner" ProvenanceSaid to have belonged to Jacobus van Natta in Morristown, New Jersey, and to have descended in his family; purchased by exchange from Ginsburg & Levy, New York, by the Museum in 1960 (Accession Date: February 18, 1960)
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