Bow front table has four square tapered legs with banded ankle; front legs have line, cuff and bell-flower inlay; apron is arched, inlaid and veneered; case encloses two square drawers flanking short rectangular drawer, with full-length rectangular drawer above; all have center keyhole; applied round brasses with beaded edge and ball handles; center drawers with inlaid figured birch and two patterned banded edging; top drawer with central birch oval inlay surrounded by stringing; each side with rectangle of birch with single patterned band; triangular patterned inlay around edges of all drawers; conforming bowed top with string edging.
dressing tables
case furniture
tables (support furniture)
birch (wood)
brass (alloy)
inlay (process)
mahogany (wood)
veneering
Mahogany
Inlaid
Brass
Birch
Veneered
TABLE, DRESSING
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
34 x 36 x 19 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.681
New Hampshire (United States)
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