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Empire period dressing table with four identical turned legs with bulbed feet, foliate carving, and ring turning surmounted by straight case and slightly overhanging top. Long bowed rectangular drawer in front with mushroom handles. Similarly proportioned recessed case set up on five short bulbed turnings with two bowed rectangular drawers with mushroom pulls. Surmounted by a splashboard with scrolled sections enclosing rectangular panel with molded pediment.
dressing tables
case furniture
tables (support furniture)
carving (processes)
mahogany (wood)
veneer
Empire (style)
foliation (pattern)
scrolling foliage
fungi
Mushroom
Empire
Carved
Foliate
Mahogany Veneer
TABLE, DRESSING
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
45.75 (H) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1651
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