Card Table
John Goddard
1760–90 · Mahogany · The American Wing
On this exquisite exemplar of a Newport cabriole-leg card table, the various elements of the skirt board are in perfect proportion and equilibrium, the curves of the legs are altogether satisfying, and the carved bird’s talons grasping the ball feet appear alive. This is poetry in wood, something only John Goddard, of all the Newport makers, could on occasion achieve.
- Artist
- John Goddard
- Date
- 1760–90
- Medium
- Mahogany
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1967
