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Card table

Maker Unknown, American

Collections

American Decorative Arts

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Datemid 19th Century

Mediummahogany with satinwood and holly inlay

Dimensions29 3/8 × 34 × 18 5/8 in. (74.6 × 86.4 × 47.3 cm.)

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Label TextThis table, with a finely crafted design of a shell inlaid into its top surface, was once owned by Henry E. Huntington. Like the card tables presented in Room 13, the top of this table opens outward for use in playing cards and other games. As shown here, such tables were designed to be closed and placed against a wall when not in use.

Status

On view

Object number14.23