Table, gaming

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Table, gaming

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.106

Description

Table, gaming or card: folding top, hinged at back; each half of top, flat-surfaced, has serpentine outline at sides and front, and square corners, with straight edge at back; apron follows serpentine contours of tip, and bears at bottom carved band of four-petaled flowers alternating with leaves against stippled background; five legs; four legs, of graceful cabriole type, each knee of which carved with string leaf motif, with series of crescents cut along veins; fifth leg, uncarved, swings out, in gate-leg manner, to support top when open; all legs terminate in ball-and-claw feet.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1765 - 1780

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Open

Height

28 in

Width

35 in

Depth

33-3/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 28 x 35 x 33 3/8 in. (71.1 x 88.9 x 84.8 cm)

Material

Wood (mahogany, pine)

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Small losses on finish to left rear foot (old damage).

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Fifth leg apparently new replacement. Carving refinished, Spring, 1959 (Schneider)

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Van Cortlandt Family, Unknown

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

Van Cortlandt family possession

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Parlour