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James Halyburton (Haliburton)

Card Table

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Description

Maker

Attributed to James Halyburton (Haliburton) (American, active 1790-1800), cabinetmaker

Title

Card Table

Year

ca. 1795-1800

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

mahogany, mahogany veneer, maple, light and dark wood inlay, pine

Geography

Geographic Reference: United States of America

Dimensions

69.8 x 90.8 x 45.1 cm (27 1/2 x 35 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Peter and Daphne Farago Purchase Fund

Object Number

1986.120

Type

Furniture

Exhibition History

18th and 19th-Century American Galleries

Jun 19, 2015

Charles Pendleton House

Jan 02, 2015

Making It In America

Oct 11, 2013 – Feb 09, 2014

Label copy

These finely constructed card tables demonstrate the refinement and skill possessed by craftsmen outside of highly urbanized regions during early 19th-century America. Detailed inlays of contrasting woods, seen in the trailing bellflowers or husks on the legs and front of these tables and the fan on the tabletops, are typically associated with the Pawtuxet School of cabinetmaking, located just outside of Providence.

The tables’ lightweight construction and folding design allowed them to be mobile and multifunctional: when closed, they served as side tables that could be compactly stored against a wall, while in the open position they could be used as card tables.

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Attributed to James Halyburton (Haliburton) (American, active 1790-1800), cabinetmaker

Card Table, ca. 1795-1800

Mahogany, maple and pine

69.8 x 90.8 x 45.1 cm (27 1/2 x 35 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches)

Peter and Daphne Farago Purchase Fund 1986.120

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