About This Artwork
Artist unknown
Canterbury or Enfield, New Hampshire
Sewing Desk1860-70
Cherry, birch, ash and maple
106.7 x 80 x 68.9 cm (42 x 31 1/2 x 27 1/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. James M. McMullan and Mrs. James D. Vail III through the Antiquarian Society, 2003.8
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, "For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago," (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012) no. 39.