a folding table, a so called card table with ball-shaped legs, end of the 17th century

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Dealer

Van Aalst Antiquiteiten

Price

Price on request

Status

Available

Origin

Dutch

Period

end of the 17th century

Material

deal with polychrome

Description

a Dutch polychrome card table with a folding top

a card table with folding top made of deal with carving and polychrome. It is a Dutch table that could stand against the wall so that it didn't take too much space and when in use one could fold it open to play cards or play the populair backgammon. The still remaining card atbles are made of oak; polychrome tables with carving are very exeptional. In a lot of Dutch paintings you can see this type of table standing against the wall. (See: Pieter de Hooch," the bedroom" in the National Gallery of Art in Washington)