Pair of Card Tables

Artist / Maker

Attributed to Charles-Honoré Lannuier (1779–1819)

City of Manufacture

New York

Date

c. 1815–1819

Dimensions

30-1/4 × 36-1/8 × 17-7/8 in.

Medium

Primary woods: rosewood and mahogany veneer

Secondary woods: mahogany, white pine, tulip poplar, maple, cherry

Surface treatments: gilded gesso and vert antique, gilded cast brass, die-stamped brass inlays

Provenance

Marchese Giuseppe Paternò, Castello di San Giuliano, Florence and Sicily. Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, Apr. 29–May 1, 1981, lot 1068. Gloria Peltz (b. 1935) and Richard (b. 1937) Manney, New York; with Leigh Keno American Antiques, New York. Marilyn Teagan (1934–2015) and John Francis (1931–2022) Keane, Boston, MA; Sale, Bonhams Skinner, Marlborough, MA, Nov. 19, 2021, lot 54; Purchased by Schrimshers, 2021.