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Cavagnole Game Board
This is a Game board. It is dated late 18th century and we acquired it in 1921. Its medium is painted, gilt and varnished papier mache. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Bingo!
"Cavagnole!" This is something we might hear today if this 18th-century game still being played. Cavagnole, a pre-modern version of bingo, was much more than just an ordinary board game—its aesthetic appeal reflected the culture, beauty, and art forms revered in the height of its popularity.
As an extremely simple yet intricately-built set piece, this second panel of a Cavagnole set is decorated with a wide variety of figures from throughout the world during that time. Images of angels, flowers, beautiful women, and additional subjects help bring life to this game piece.
William Aung was a 2012 Digital Teen Curator.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Bingo!.
This object was
donated by
Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- The Reds versus the Whites Chess Set
- glazed and molded porcelain.
- Gift of Charlotte Y. Salisbury in loving memory of her husband, Harrison E.....
- 1994-122-5-a/ff
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 33.1 x 22.2 x 0.3cm (13 1/16 x 8 3/4 x 1/8in.)
It has the following markings
Old stamp of Cooper Union Museum on reverse.
Cite this object as
Cavagnole Game Board; possibly France; painted, gilt and varnished papier mache; H x W x D: 33.1 x 22.2 x 0.3cm (13 1/16 x 8 3/4 x 1/8in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-198
