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Card Table

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Card Table by artist Duncan Phyfe, features a dark brown wooden card table with a foldable top. The table top has two sections that can be folded in towards the center. Each section of the top surface has a circular recess. The tabletop's edges are scalloped. The table's legs are long, thin and curved with ornate carvings on the top portion. The table legs end in a paw-like foot. The background of the image is gray.

Artwork details

Date:
1760–90
Medium:
Mahogany, white oak, yellow poplar, white pine
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 559 px
Museum record:
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