Design for a Worktable
early 19th century
Medium
Graphite
Dimensions
sheet: 8 7/16 x 12 3/16 in. (21.5 x 31 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938
Accession Number
38.37.121
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate graphite drawing, titled *Design for a Worktable*, captures the meticulous planning behind early 19th-century furniture design. Created by an anonymous artist during the Regency era, it depicts a functional yet elegant worktable—likely intended for domestic use, such as sewing, writing, light crafts. Measuring just 8 7/16 x 12 3/16 inches, the sheet exemplifies the precision of preparatory sketches in the ornament and architecture tradition, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints department thanks to the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund of 1938. Worktables like ...