Serpentine with elliptical front; four turned and reeded legs supporting a shaped veneered apron with ebony edge inlay; case fitted with a conforming drawer with ebony edge inlay and round brass pulls; beaded edged top fitted with a conforming dressing box of two short conforming drawers.
dressing tables
case furniture
tables (support furniture)
brass (alloy)
ebony (wood)
inlay (process)
mahogany (wood)
Federal
Sheraton
Mahogany
Ebony
Brass
Federal
Sheraton
Inlaid
Table, Dressing
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
35.5 x 36.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.645
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