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Dressing Table

Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

ca. 1820

GUSN

GUSN-221990

Description

Table with a rectangular top containing a single, wide drawer flanked by inset lobed panels, supported by four columns, each with foliate capitals, the front two pseudo-ionic scrolls, above a solid base shaped on all four sides, all above blackened ball feet. The arch-topped mirror supported by column-shaped supports with spherical finials.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dressing tables
mahogany (wood)
Empire (style)
Table, Dressing

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

31 7/8 x 35 5/8 x 19 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Susan Norton

Accession Number

1990.204

Places

Possibly Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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