Worktable
Unknown
1800–1810 · Mahogany, mahogany and birch veneers with white pine, mahogany · The American Wing
The worktable was one of the few gender-specific pieces of domestic furniture. A woman would have stored sewing supplies in the upholstered bag and written letters on the hinged writing surface stored in the drawer above.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1800–1810
- Medium
- Mahogany, mahogany and birch veneers with white pine, mahogany
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1918
