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Card table, ca. 1745–50, Carved walnut frame; pine top with marquetry of walnut, figured walnut, boxwood, alder burl, birch,…
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Table

Card table

Maker unknown · ca. 1745–50

Medium
Carved walnut frame; pine top with marquetry of walnut, figured walnut, boxwood, alder burl, birch, olive wood, plum, padauk wood, yew, green-stained poplar, and other marquetry woods; lined with modern velvet; iron fittings
Dimensions
closed: 29 1/2 × 37 1/2 × 18 1/2 in. (74.9 × 95.3 × 47 cm)
Accession
1974.356.126
Credit line
The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Culture
German, Bamberg
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