John Goddard
Card Table

Card Table

Public Domain

Card Table
MakerAmerican, 1723–1785
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Card Table
Datec. 1760–1780
Made inNewport, Rhode Island, United States
MediumMahogany; pine, white oak, and maple
DimensionsOpen: 25 1/2 × 35 1/8 × 35 in. (64.8 × 89.2 × 88.9 cm)
 Closed: 25 1/2 × 35 1/8 × 17 3/8 in. (64.8 × 89.2 × 44.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Marian M. Britton
Object numberB.99.25
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Newport Room
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionNewport cabinetmakers produced folding-top card tables of this unusual form that includes a rear leg that folds flat into the table’s rear rail, permitting its placement against a wall. Quaker cabinetmaker John Goddard probably made this table; its owner was Goddard’s fellow Quaker Thomas Robinson, a Newport merchant and slave trader who later became an ardent advocate for abolition.
ProvenanceThomas Robinson (1731–1817), Newport, Rhode Island; by descent to Henry A. Wood, Jr. (1903–1982), Newport, until 1982; consigned to [Christie's, New York, June 12, 1982, sale 5153, lot 199]; purchased by Marian M. Britton (1910–1998) and James Britton (1908–1988), Houston; Estate of Marian M. Britton; given to MFAH, 1999.
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