Work Table

Artist / Maker

Unknown maker

City of Manufacture

Baltimore, Philadelphia

Date

c. 1815–1830

Dimensions

30-5/8 × 22-3/8 × 16 in. 

Medium

Primary woods: Mahogany, maple venner

Secondary woods: southern white pine, oak, brass

Labels / Inscriptions

Inscribed in pencil on the bottom drawer: “O. S. Anderson / Melrose Ave / Govans.”

Provenance

Possibly Catherine (1848–1929) and Edwin A. Gorsuch (1846–1936), Baltimore County, MD. Possibly by descent to their daughter Mary Elizabeth Gorsuch (Mrs. Oliver Sellman Anderson, 1876–1971), Baltimore; By descent to her son Edwin A. Anderson (1902–1968), Maplewood, NJ; By descent to his wife Eleanor O. Anderson, Maplewood, NJ; Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art, by 1979 and later deaccessioned. Sale, Northeast Auctions, Mar. 4–5, 2000, lot 736. Sale, Christie’s, New York, Oct. 5, 2000, lot 168; Purchased by Schrimshers, 2000.

Publications / Exhibition History

Elder III, William Voss, and Jayne E. Stokes. American Furniture 1680-1880 from the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore Museum of Art, 1987. Cat. 132, pp. 171–2.