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"Toilet Table"

Description

Design drawing titled "Toilet Table" rendered in ink on trace. Front view of dressing table and attached mirror is shown. Toilet or dressing table has rectangular form; splashboard; two drawers with bail handles on either side of shallow central panel wth rosette motif; stiles with bellflower motifs; and tapered square legs with spade feet. Large rectangular mirror frame has molded rim and curved brackets where it attaches to splashboard. Title, design notes, "H. H. Robb 24649," "11888" " and "Cal" are handwritten on drawing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dressing tables
tables (support furniture)
mirrors
Neoclassical
design drawings
sketches

Physical Description

1 design drawing in pencil (6 7/8 x 5 3/8 nches)

Collection Code

CC010

Collection Name

Irving and Casson - A. H. Davenport -- Collection I

Date of Acquisition

2012

Reference Code

CC010.001.013.021.002

Record Details

Originator

A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Manufacturer)

Material Type

design drawings
sketches

Description Level

Item

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