Gaming Table

c. 1940

M. Rosenshield-von-Paulin

Associated Names
M. Rosenshield-von-Paulin

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This is a drawing of a mahogany gaming table from New York dated around 1770. It shows various views and mechanical details of the table, including side profiles with curved legs, a top-down view revealing game surfaces for chess, checkers, and backgammon, and a demonstration of how the table opens and closes. Handwritten words such as "Mahogany," "New York, About 1770," and "Metropolitan Museum" appear on the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.9 x 56.4 cm (14 1/2 x 22 3/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: none given

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.5613

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design. New York, 1970: 244 and 245, pl. 875.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: M. Resenshield-von-Paulin

Wikidata ID

Q64594476

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