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Card table
Duncan Phyfe (American (born in Scotland), 1770–1854)
1805–1815
Object Place: New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Satinwood, satinwood veneer, mahogany, white pine, yellow poplar, brass paw feet and casters
Dimensions
Overall: 73 x 91.1 x 45.1 cm (28 3/4 x 35 7/8 x 17 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-Century American Arts
Accession Number39.142
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Tables, stands, screens
Catalogue Raisonné
Eighteenth-Century American Arts No. 65 (one of a pair)
DescriptionElliptical-shaped folding top; apron edged in bead-moulding of gilt-brass, has three shaped panels of inlay with turned pendants below outer ones. Vertical rod in supporting post from rear legs to fly bracket for open top. Turned post carved with acanthus leaves. Tripod base with leaf-carved and reeded surface on curved legs with brass paw feet and casters
ProvenanceBy 1928, owned by Ginsberg and Levy, Inc., New York; 1938 sold for $1,500 to Maxim Karolik, Boston, MA; 1938 given by Maxim Karolik to the MFA for "The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Eighteenth-century American Arts."