The overall design and carved volutes of this table relate it to the Boston furniture tradition, particularly to the carved swags that embellish a distinct group of Boston classical chairs. See Moody, American Decorative Arts at Dartmouth (Hanover, 1981), p. 35; Talbott, "Boston Empire Furniture," The Magazine Antiques (May, 1976) 109, no. 5, fig. 16, p. 1013.