The Work of Many Hands: Card Tables in Federal America, 1790-1820
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982. Softcover. Rust colored wraps with gilt lettering and embossed design. 198 pp. 8 color, numerous bw plates. VG, may have signature of a previous owner on ffep. Item #13961000001
ISBN: 9780894670169
Issued in conjunction with a 1982 exhibition that "breaks new ground in the field of American decorative arts. ... Yale now has the largest collection of documented Federal-period card tables in any public institution." With a three-page preface by Benjamin Hewitt, essays by Gerald W. R. Ward, Patricia E. Kane, and Hewitt. The annotated and illustrated catalogue presents 56 tables and all kinds of mathematical regional frequency charts. Very informative and authoritative book on the American card table. A wonderful copy. Who knew?
OCLC: 8396884
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