Salem, Massachusetts Sheraton Mahogany Work Table. The octagonal top with outset cookie corners on conforming apron with single drawer and bag slide joining four turned and reeded tapered legs.
Work tables were a part of the growing trend at the beginning of the nineteenth century for specialized furniture. They were typically owned by genteel or aspiring households as evidence of their refinement and affluence and coincided with women's increased interests in reading, particularly romance novels, writing and doing needlework. While not many were made south of Baltimore, exports from the northern states were commonly found in Charleston.
Collection
Historic Charleston Foundation Collection
Acquisition
Accession
1999.1.
Source or Donor
Purchase
Acquisition Method
Purchased
Made/Created
Date made
1790 - 1810
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term
Table, Sewing
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Table, Work
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Table
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Support Furniture
Nomenclature Class
Furniture
Nomenclature Category
Category 02: Furnishings
Other Names and Numbers
Other Name
Ladies Work Table
Other Number
Old Number: 99.1.14
Location
Location
Room
303
Building
Nathaniel Russell House
Category
Permanent
Date
February 7, 2023
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Relationships
Related Publications
Notes
Beckerdite, Luke editor "American Furniture" 1997 Chipstone Foundation, article by John Bivins, "The Convergence and Divergence of Three Stylistic Traditions in Neoclassical Case Furniture, 1785-1800., pg. 47-105
General Notes
Note
Notes: Purchased from Northeast Auctions by John Bivins for HCF for $7000 (not including buyer's premium/commission). August 7, 1999.
Color print in file, when table was displayed in NR 204.
