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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Card table
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Card table

Manufacturer Tobey Company
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1910
MediumMahogany
DimensionsOverall: 29 3/4 x 36 x 18 1/4 in. (75.6 x 91.4 x 46.4 cm)
InscribedRound metal seal on bottom of the top support: "Tobey Hand Made".
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2993
Not on view
DescriptionBase raised on scroll feet and formed of swirling leaves narrowing on the center and flaring out at the top to support a folding and pivoting top.

Published ReferencesJohn S. Bowman, AMERICAN FURNITURE, (Bison Books Corp.: New York, 1985), pp. 154-155 illus. Sharon Darling, CHICAGO FURNITURE: ART, CRAFT, & INDUSTRY, 1833-1983, (The Chicago Historical Society: Chicago and W.W. Norton & Company: London, 1984), reproduced p. 194. "Chicago Furniture: Art, Craft & Industry, 183301983," Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, IL, 1/20-8/31/84; Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C., 10/12/84-4/7/85; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NYC, 5/21-9/9/85.

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