NEW ENGLAND SHERATON DECORATED LADIES' ACADEMY SEWING TABLE
c. 1805-15, overall hand-painted decoration; drawer with velvet lined compartments above bag-slide drawer with pleated silk bag; slender tapering legs with painted entwined vines; the top with oval scenic landscape with a mill and stone bridge, florals to each corner; floral swags to sides and back; 28"h; 16"w; 15.5"d
Written on bottom of drawer Matilda Smiths table.
See, American Painted Furniture, Cynthia Schaffner and Susan Klein pg. 28-31 referring to such tables as Academy Worktables often produced by young women attending New England ladies' academies.
Bag has splits in silk; some wear to paint on top.
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

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