Card table
Date1740-1750
Geography
Probably made -
England
DimensionsOverall (closed): 28 in. x 33 3/8 in. x 15 1/4 in. (71.12 cm x 84.77 cm x 38.74 cm)
Overall (open): 28 in. x 33 3/8 in. x 30 3/8 in. (71.12 cm x 84.77 cm x 77.15 cm)
Credit LineGift of Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, Victoria Bates and Mrs. Ross McFarland, 1970
Object numberM-2500
DescriptionSquare card table with a single scratch-beaded drawer on four cabriole legs (three fixed, left rear fly) with shell-carved knees and ogee knee blocks terminating in slipper feet on pads; two-board top with squared edges meets in a butt joint and is secured with brass hinges at sides, no leaf-edge tenons; overhanging fixed board screwed to frame; interior of top features a relieved playing surface covered in green leather and four carved counter wells set towards the right end of each side; rectangular frame has solid front and side rails and a double rear rail exhibiting filler construction, the outer or hinge rail is divided into two sections: the fixed hinge rail is nailed to a shim and is attached to the fly rail with a five-finger hinge; plane flyleg; reproduction handle with shaped brass backplate and bail handle at center of drawer front.Published ReferencesAlice Winchester, "Living with antiques: The New Jersey home of Mrs. Joseph S. Frelinghuysen," The Magazine Antiques 74 (October 1958): 335.
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