Photographed by Scott Wolff. Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Card Table

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1800-1810

MediumMahogany | White pine

DimensionsOverall: 28 x 37 1/8 x 37 1/2 in. (71.1 x 94.3 x 95.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Louis I. Jaffé, Jr.

Object number2001.1

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, MMH, Hall Above

DescriptionThis Card Table is a strong example of cabinetry of the port city of Norfolk from the period following the American Revolution, ca. 1800-1810, when the restrained neo-classical style was popular. It was made in the most refined, very English, style of the period, and made of the choicest mahogany from Central or South America.

ProvenanceLouis I. Jaffé, Jr.; Gift of Louis I. Jaffé, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 2001.