Joined table with drawer

Unknown

1680–1710 · Soft maple, maple, red oak, ash · The American Wing

Rectangular tables such as this, with a high stretcher at the front and back and low side stretchers connected by a medial brace, represent a format peculiar to the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It includes a drawer and is ornamented with shaped brackets and cutouts on all four sides, indicating that it was designed to be freestanding. The legs and stretcher exemplify the turner’s art and resemble the bases of several chests-on-frames thought to have been made in and around Boston.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1680–1710

Medium

Soft maple, maple, red oak, ash

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909