Chippendale style folding card table: four cabriole legs with claw-and-ball feet; square top with serpentine edges and outsquared corners; plain skirt with serpentine bottom edge conforming to the top. Upper leaf, hinged at back, folds over the fixed lower leaf when closed; when open, upper half is supported by a swinging rear leg.
Catalog card states that this card table was used by Clara S. Haas of Mount Kisco, New York ca 1929-1996.
Date Made: ca 1775
Location: Currently not on view
Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, SalemUsed: United States: New York, Mount Kisco
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Credit Line: From the Estate of Clara S. Haas
Data Source: National Museum of American History
Id Number: 1998.0072.01Accession Number: 1998.0072Catalog Number: 1998.0072.01
Object Name: table, card
Physical Description: mahogany (overall material)metal (overall material)brass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 72.3 cm x 75 cm x 37.2 cm; 28 7/16 in x 29 1/2 in x 14 5/8 in
Metadata Usage: CC0
Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e88d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Record Id: nmah_214102
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