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Joined table with drawer

1680–1710
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 709
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Joined table with drawer
  • Date: 1680–1710
  • Geography: Probably made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Soft maple, maple, red oak, ash
  • Dimensions: 26 1/2 x 36 1/2 x 36 1/2 in. (67.3 x 92.7 x 92.7 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909
  • Object Number: 10.125.114
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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