• Chinese Export Porcelain Openwork Basket with Pitt Armorial
    Chinese Export Porcelain Openwork Basket with Pitt Armorial
  • Bombe Desk and Bookcase
    Bombe Desk and Bookcase
  • The Landing of the Pilgrims
    The Landing of the Pilgrims
  • Side Chairs
    Side Chairs
  • Penn's Treaty with the Indians
    Penn's Treaty with the Indians
 
Card Table
  • Artist/Maker
  • Date Made 1760-90
  • Place Made
  • Materials Wood; Mahogany; Red Oak; Yellow-Poplar; Hickory
  • Measurements
  • Funds donated by Dorothy Jordan Chadwick Fund
  • Room
  • Accession # 1975.0025000000001

Card Table

In 1973, Morrison H. Heckscher of the Metropolitan Museum of Art published an in-depth study of the design and construction of New York rococo style card tables.