Collection Highlights
Southern Chivalry - Argument versus Club's
Date:
1856
Object Number:
PR.010.1856.4
Medium:
Lithograph
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Card table
Object Number:
1957.206
Date:
1795-1805
Medium:
Mahogany, pine
Dimensions:
closed: 28 1/2 x 35 3/4 x 17 1/2 in. ( 72.4 x 90.8 x 44.4 cm )
Description:
Mahogany Federal card table with light and dark wood inlay; square top with ovolo corners and band of patterned inlay along edge; apron with seven rectangles of stringing, the one at center front enclosing an oval, and a band of zigzag-patterned inlay along lower edge; four tapering, squared legs (one a fly leg) with stringing, the front two with bellflower inlay.
Credit Line:
Bequest of John B. Morris, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
