Alexander Roux
Card Table

ArtistAmerican, born France, 1813–1886
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Card Table
Datec. 1867–1877
PlaceNew York City, New York, United States
MediumCherry, boxwood, hairwood, amboyna, ebony, purpleheart, satinwood, mahogany, gilt brass, felt not original
Dimensions29 1/4h × 34 1/4w × 17 7/8d inches (74.3 × 87 × 45.4 cm.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Agnes Cullen Arnold Endowment Fund
Object number88.17
Not on view

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ProvenancePurchased from Weschler's Auctioneers and Appraisers by Richard H. Howland, Washington, D.C., around 1973; [David A. Hanks & Associates]; purchased by MFAH, 1988.

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Pair of Card Tables
Unknown American
c. 1795–1810
West Indian satinwood, East Indian satinwood, mahogany, ebony, dyed holly or boxwood; white pine, birch, mahogany
B.2004.1.1,.2
Side Chair
Herter Brothers
c. 1877–1878
Ebonized cherry, maple, satinwood, and gilt; upholstery not original
93.15
Card Table
Unknown American
c. 1820–1825
Mahogany, mahogany veneer, rosewood, and ebony; yellow-poplar, cherry, eastern white pine, and brass
B.68.32
Card Table
Unknown American
c. 1820–1830
Grained, painted, and gilded mahogany, and birch; mahogany veneer on eastern white pine with black walnut banding, ash, eastern white pine, cherry, and original brass casters
B.68.31
Worktable
Duncan Phyfe
1813
Mahogany; mahogany veneer, ebony, brass, and felt
B.2015.12
Worktable
Unknown American
c. 1810–1820
Mahogany and mahogany veneer; yellow-poplar, eastern white pine, cherry, and original brass casters
B.69.391
Card Table
Joseph Meeks & Sons
c. 1836–1847
Mahogany, white pine, cherry, and yellow poplar
81.191
Square Piano
Gibson & Davis
c. 1810–1815
Painted and gilded mahogany, mahogany veneer, satinwood, soft maple, and holly; yellow-poplar, holly, beech, basswood, cherry, soft maple, eastern white pine, hemlock, mahogany, and ash
B.57.4
"Salonicol" Chair
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
c. 1925–1933
Macassar ebony and Macassar ebony veneer; upholstery not original
2016.329
Card Table
Unknown American
c. 1785–1820
Mahogany, satinwood, and unidentified inlay; yellow-poplar, white oak, hickory, and southern yellow pine
B.69.129
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
c. 1930
Macassar ebony; upholstery not original
2016.330.1-.4
"Double Colonnettes" Table
Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann
1923
Mahogany, Macassar ebony veneer and ivory
2016.332