Collection Highlights
Kast
1675-1690
1941.914
Walnut, walnut veneer, elm, oak, ebony
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Museum Collections
American Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
Familiar Quotations
Title
Familiar Quotations
Object name
Card game
Date
ca. 1890
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 8.3 x 10.8 cm )
Description
"Familiar Quotations" card game with 42 playing cards and an instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of a man reading to a woman, both in ca. 1820's dress; box cover inscription, "FAMILIAR/ QUOTATIONS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.531
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "FAMILIAR/ QUOTATIONS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK."
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
