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Source 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.
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153751
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Card Table
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153751
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object
title
Card Table
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.
date
c. 1820
citation
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en
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Q79939971
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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import
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Overall: 75 x 90.2 x 45.1 cm (29 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 17 3/4 in.)
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American, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
accession
1987.52
Source extras
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mahogany with curly maple and ebony veneers, brass mounts and inlays, gilding
tombstone
Card Table, c. 1820. American, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 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
collection
Furniture
citations
citation
Hawley, Henry. “Philadelphia Tables with Lyre Supports.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 75, no. 1 (January 1988): 2–27.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 3-10; Reproduced: p. 2-6, figs. 1-6, cover
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 07:57:01.423000
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153751
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Decorative Art and Design
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Furniture
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mahogany with curly maple and ebony veneers, brass mounts and inlays, gilding
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