id: 153751 accession number: 1987.52 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.52 updated: 2020-04-23 09:30:28.617000 Card Table, c. 1820. America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19th century. Mahogany with curly maple and ebony veneers, brass mounts and inlays, gilding; overall: 75 x 90.2 x 45.1 cm (29 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 17 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1987.52 title: Card Table title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1820 creation date earliest: 1815 creation date latest: 1825 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19th century technique: mahogany with curly maple and ebony veneers, brass mounts and inlays, gilding department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Furniture type: Furniture and woodwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 75 x 90.2 x 45.1 cm (29 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 17 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Year in Review for 1987 opening date: 1988-02-24T05:00:00 The Year in Review for 1987. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 24-April 17, 1988). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (Israel Sack, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The lyre-shaped support of this finely made card table marks it as an example of American federal furniture taking inspiration from classical antiquity for its decoration. When the top was folded closed, such tables were usually placed near a wall. Once the two halves of the top were unfolded, however, the entire upper portion of the table could be rotated until the supporting structure was again beneath the center and the enlarged surface was ready for play. The table was probably made by Michael Bouvier, a French cabinetmaker who worked in Philadelphia and was the first paternal American ancestor of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.52/1987.52_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.52/1987.52_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1987.52/1987.52_full.tif