Object Essay In his landmark study of classicism in America, Berry Tracy remarks that “the legs of tables . . . , with acanthus leaf...
Object Essay During the last quarter of the 18th century, small drop-leaf tables of this form were referred to interchangeably as breakfast or Pembroke tables....
Object Essay Bureaus made in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York are distinct from their New England counterparts. Rather than the bold use of large panels...
Few details are known of David Wood’s life between the opening of his shop in Newburyport in 1792 and his last advertisement in 1824, in...
Object Essay Eight-legged sideboards are rare indeed. This one is a spare but elegant example of the expensive and unusual form. An even more elaborate...
Object Essay This fine Federal-period card table has been attributed to Massachusetts, but many characteristics of its construction and ornament point strongly toward Providence as...
Object Essay This magnificent sideboard precisely mirrors the qualities of its place and time of origin.1See Sumpter Priddy III, J. Michael Flanigan, and Gregory R....
Object Essay This table has been attributed to Duncan Phyfe based on similarities between it and other examples, most notably a four-post pedestal side table...