Card Table
John Goddard
1760–90
Medium
Mahogany
Dimensions
27 3/4 x 33 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (70.5 x 84.5 x 41.9 cm)
Classification
Card table
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Friends of the American Wing Fund, 1967
Accession Number
67.114.1
About the Artist
John Goddard
John Goddard (1723/24–1785) was a preeminent American cabinetmaker whose innovative designs defined the Newport school of furniture making in colonial Rhode Island. Born in Massachusetts, where he trained as a house carpenter, Goddard relocated to Newport in the 1740s with his family. There, he and his younger brother James worked for the esteemed cabinetmaker Job Townsend. Goddard solidified his ...