Joined table with drawer
Unknown Artist
The turnings of this sophisticated and elegant table mark it as having been made in Boston. The cast-brass hardware on the drawer includes an escutcheon with a cherub’s head—a stylish touch seldom found on American furniture. The table would have been used in a parlor or dining space as a side table and would have been accompanied by similarly turned upholstered chairs, such as the Turkey-work chair (52.77.51)
Credit: Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1951
1690-1710
Soft maple, red oak, white pine
67.3 x 102.2 cm
52.77.53
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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