Work table
Attributed to Lemuel Churchill American
Possibly Thomas Whitman
Not on view
Among the most elegant and sophisticated pieces of furniture produced in Boston in the early nineteenth century, this combined writing and sewing table bears the chalk inscription "Churchill"--presumably the signature of the Boston cabinetmaker Lemuel Churchill. Decoration similar to the beautifully rendered acanthus carving on the lyre is sometimes executed in gold leaf for a trompe-l'oeil effect on other Boston tables.
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