Art Institute of Chicago

Card Table

Charles-Honoré Lannuier (American, born France, 1779–1819)

Date

c. 1815

Medium

Mahogany with rosewood veneer, giltwood, brass and ebony inlay, ormolu

Culture

New York

Department

Arts of the Americas

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

Trained as a cabinet-maker in Paris, Charles-Honoré Lannuier arrived in New York in 1803 at the age of twenty-four. His older brother was already well established as the owner of a successful confectionary shop on Broadway and from there the young furniture maker first advertised his services to all potential clients who desired furniture in the “latest French fashion.” Early-nineteenth-century America was much enamored with French taste, and Lannuier successfully catered to his upscale clientele, tempering his designs to suit their preference even while he retained a distinctive French flair. One of a group of similar card tables, this example shares many of their decorative and design elements, including a winged caryatid central support, a Lannuier trademark.

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