Joined table with drawer

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The turnings of this sophisticated and elegant table mark it as having been made in Boston. The cast-brass hardware on the drawer includes an escutcheon with a cherub’s head—a stylish touch seldom found on American furniture. The table would have been used in a parlor or dining space as a side table and would have been accompanied by similarly turned upholstered chairs, such as the Turkey-work chair (52.77.51)

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art