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Introduction

Focus on Form

American Furniture from the Museum's Collection
April 1, 1998 - May 21, 2000

Selected Objects

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S. & J. Rawson, Jr., cabinetmaker

Card Table, ca.1828-1835

Gorham Manufacturing Company, manufacturer

Martelé Writing Table and Chair, 1903

American, Boston Massachusetts

Chest of Drawers, ca. 1760-1790

American, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Slab Table, 1765-1775

Job Townsend, cabinetmaker

Desk and Bookcase, 1750-1760

American, Boston Massachusetts

Bombé Chest of Drawers, ca. 1755-1795

Judy Kensley McKie, cabinetmaker

Toy Chest, 1980

Charles Swanson, designer

Chair, 1990

Charles Swanson, designer

Writing Table, 1990

American, Boston Massachusetts

Dressing Table, ca. 1740-1760

American, New London Connecticut

High Chest of Drawers, ca. 1760-1780

Sydney Richmond Burleigh, designer

King Arthur Chest, ca. 1900
No Image Available

American, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Tripod Stand, 1760-1790

American, New England

Desk, ca.1710-1740

Attributed to James Reynolds, carver

Dressing Table, ca. 1755-1770

American, Portsmouth New Hampshire

Chamber Table, ca. 1800-1810

Marmaduke Storr, clockmaker

Tall Clock, ca. 1750

Possibly Thomas Howard, cabinetmaker

Sideboard, ca. 1790-1825

Attributed to Bernard & Jugiez, carver

Dressing Table, 1755-1780

American, Newport Rhode Island

Tea Table, ca. 1730-1750

American, New York City New York

Cabinet, 1875-1880

Vose & Coates, cabinetmaker

Pier Table, 1818

American, Massachusetts, Possibly Sudbury or Marlboro

Chest with Drawer, ca. 1710-1740

American, Baltimore Maryland

Sideboard, ca. 1790-1815

American, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Slab Table, 1750-1780

American, Newport Rhode Island

Square Tea Table, ca. 1750-1780

Sydney Richmond Burleigh, decorator

Shakespeare Chest, ca. 1900

American, Boston Massachusetts

Desk and Bookcase, ca.1790-1820

Possibly Duncan Phyfe, cabinetmaker

Sideboard, 1810-1825

American, Boston Massachusetts

Desk and Bookcase, ca. 1760-1790

American, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Tea Table, ca.1760-1790

Joseph Rawson I, cabinetmaker

Chest of Drawers, ca. 1806

John Goddard, cabinetmaker

Desk and Bookcase, 1761

American, New London County Connecticut

Chest on Chest, ca. 1765-1785

Attributed to Thomas Seymour

Lady's Writing Desk, ca. 1795-1800

Robert Trotman, cabinetmaker

Table with Walking Figures, 1989-1990

American, probably Boston Massachusetts

High Chest of Drawers, ca. 1710-1735
No Image Available

American, Eastern Massachusetts New England

child's desk, 1740-1760

Probably Townsend and Goddard School

Bureau Table, ca. 1760-1785

Jonathan Pearsee

Card Table, ca.1765-1785

Attributed to John Townsend, cabinetmaker

Chest on Chest, ca. 1765-1795
No Image Available

American, Massachusetts

Chest of Drawers, 1690-1730

Caleb Wheaton

Tall Clock, ca. 1785-1810

American, Hartford County Connecticut

Chest, 1680 - 1700

American, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Dressing Table, 1760-1780
No Image Available

Leroy Schuette, cabinetmaker

Apple Three-Top Table, 1986

Alexandre Roux, cabinetmaker

Cabinet, ca. 1866

Attributed to John Goddard, cabinetmaker

Desk and Bookcase, 1760-1785
No Image Available

American, Coastal Essex County Massachusetts

Desk, 1760-1800

Attributed to Joseph Rawson I, cabinetmaker

Dressing Bureau, ca. 1813

American, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

High Chest of Drawers, 1750-1785
No Image Available

S. & J. Rawson, Jr., cabinetmaker

Dressing Table, ca. 1840

American, Hadley Massachusetts

Joined Chest with Drawer, 1690-1725

William Stanton

Tall Clock, 1816

Attributed to Edmund Townsend, cabinetmaker

Bureau Table, ca. 1765-1785
No Image Available

Thomas Ustick Walter, designer

Armchair, 1857

American, Rhode Island

Tea Table, ca. 1765-1790

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