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Dressing table

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

18th century

GUSN

GUSN-222366

Description

Queen Anne style cherry dressing table featuring five drawers with brass pulls. Features carved shell, turned drop spindles, and cabriole legs with pad feet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dressing tables
cherry (wood)
brass (alloy)
Queen Anne Style
Table, Dressing

Inscription

"Left" (handwritten)
"Right" (handwritten)
"6" (handwritten)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

FD233

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

29 x 33 x 20 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.2596

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