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James Halyburton (Haliburton)

Card Table
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Maker

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

Title

Card Table

Year

ca. 1795-1800

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

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

Geography

Geographic Reference: United States of America

Dimensions

69.9 x 90.8 cm (27 1/2 x 35 3/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

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

Type

Publications

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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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Attributed to James Halyburton (Haliburton) (American, active 1790-1800), cabinetmaker
Card Table, ca. 1795-1800
Mahogany, maple, pine
69.9 x 90.8 cm (27 1/2 x 35 3/4 inches)
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 85.015

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