Table, Sewing

Object/Artifact

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Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Table, Sewing

Entry/Object ID

1999.1.14

Description

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

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.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

July 8, 2002

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

April 5, 2023