Decorative arts

Card table

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Type: Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date: mid 19th Century
Accession number: 14.23
Maker: Unknown, American(Opens in new tab) (American)
Dimensions: 29 3/8 × 34 × 18 5/8 in. (74.6 × 86.4 × 47.3 cm.)
Medium: mahogany with satinwood and holly inlay
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: American Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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This table, with a finely crafted design of a shell inlaid into its top surface, was once owned by Henry E. Huntington. Like the card tables presented in Room 13, the top of this table opens outward for use in playing cards and other games. As shown here, such tables were designed to be closed and placed against a wall when not in use.

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