Antique oak poker table with cast iron pedestal base and green felt center.
Typical American card tables from the late colonial and early American periods feature simple, straight lines, an ovolo corner, and square-tapered legs. Furniture makers in New York often created card tables with a fifth leg (to support the opened top) hinged to the rear of the table, long reeded legs with swelled feet that end in cylinders, and veneered sides and crossbanded edges around the leaves and table. This paticular type was used in the west in bars, casinos, and hotels as where everyone was able to sit and enjoy everyones company.