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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ladybranch, post: 137429, member: 44&quot;]Thank you one and all for your appreciative words on this table!</p><p><br /></p><p>&gt;Mahogany <i>Federal</i> work table so earlier than Empire (very late 18th century to very early 19th century).&lt;</p><p><br /></p><p>Brad, thank you so much for all the help you generously give on furniture and to us wood ID challenged folks!! Am I correct in interpreting the above as Federal **period** as opposed to Federal **style**? Gee, didn&#039;t the Federal period range from c1790 to the 1820s? This would be much earlier than I had guessed or hoped for. The legs certainly didn&#039;t scream Empire. They do look a bit more like Sheraton or Hepplewhite in their slenderness.</p><p><br /></p><p>&gt;Great that you have the original <i>Sandwich Glass</i> pulls.&lt;</p><p><br /></p><p>I was hoping they were Sandwich. I have looked at several Sandwich websites with pulls, but haven&#039;t spotted them yet.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Brad: &gt;... work tables. The work being done was usually sewing or similar work but could have been used to hold writing implements or used to house a Bible or other reading materials.&lt;</p><p><br /></p><p>Silver: &gt;Back in the day, certain sewing implements were hard to come by (also writing apparatus). Hence, the lock. Like the ones on tea caddies.&lt;</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting!</p><p><br /></p><p>--- Susan[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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