Card table

Date

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)

Form

Table

Culture

German, Bamberg

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

1974.356.126

Credit line

The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973