Pier table, c. 1820, 36 5/8 x 36 5/8 x 17 5/8 in. ( x x cm), Painted cherry, maple, poplar, United States, 19th century, This pier table, a rare example of early 19th-century Massachusetts or New York painted furntiure, combines a simple neoclassical furniture form with elaborate Chinese-style gold and black surface decoration. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, American cabinetmakers imitated lacquer imported from China and Japan by combining European painting techniques with designs taken from Asian sources, called chinoiserie.

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