Dressing table. Black walnut, hard maple case back; sumac, red oak, white pine, and elm. Scalloped skirt. Three drawers directly under top with no rail between. Rests on cabriole legs, the rear of which face forward. Original brass hardware. Never had locks.
dressing tables
case furniture
tables (support furniture)
maple (wood)
oak (wood)
walnut (wood)
Queen Anne
Table, Dressing
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Attributed to Sewall, Samuel (Maker)
York, ME, USA
28 11/16 x 35 1/8 x 22 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.290
Maine (United States)
New Hampshire (United States)
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