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Massachusetts, ca. 1815

Gift of Mrs. James H. Crawford, 1977.1000.25

Sewing tables were a new furniture form in American
homes in the early nineteenth century. This one, which
depicts the goddess of liberty, was probably painted by a
student from a female seminary. The top drawer is fitted
as a writing desk. The table, which was made for a
woman, suggests the growing importance of female
education at the time.