Antique American Empire Mahogany Pedestal Sewing / Work Table, New York, circa 1840 Paintings Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico

The frame is of inverted ogee form and is finely engraved

5 cm (clock face: 14

and by the art historian Robert Loescher

95 cm X 71 cm X 56

Antique American Empire Mahogany Pedestal Sewing / Work Table, New York, circa 1840 Paintings Museo de Arte Contemporáneo deA good antique American Empire period flame mahogany work table, New York, circa 1840. The table made from flame mahogany and having three drawers, the top with a fitted interior, the third drawer with a pleated satin fabric embroidery 'basket' (fabric is fitted around a wooden carcass). Each drawer having twin turned handles inset with an ivory inlay, the base drawer with a carved cartouche to the center and the underside having a compressed ball