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Attributed to James Halyburton (Haliburton), cabinetmaker

Card Table, ca. 1795-1800

Now On View

Description

Maker

Title

Card Table

Year

ca. 1795-1800

Medium

Mahogany, maple, pine

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Dimensions

69.8 x 90.8 cm (27 1/2 x 35 13/16 inches)

Type

Credit

Bequest of Lyra Brown Nickerson, by exchange, bequest of Martha B. Lisle, by exchange; Ida Ballou Littlefield Fund, Mary B. Jackson Fund and additional funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. George M. Kaufman and J. J. Smortchevsky

Object Number

85.015

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Making It In America

October 11, 2013 - February 9, 2014

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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