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Dressing Table

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Collection Type

  • Furniture

Date

1730-1750

GUSN

GUSN-55986

Description

Dressing table. Cherry with white pine secondary wood. Long top drawer with two pulls (one is upside down). Central escutcheon, no lock. Three deeper bottom drawers. No locks. Carved shell on central drawer. Simple shaped skirt. Curling knee brackets terminate in attenuated cabriole legs and raised pad feet.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dressing tables
case furniture
tables (support furniture)
cherry (wood)
cherry (wood)
Table
Table, Dressing
Cherry
Table, Dressing

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

33 3/8 x 34 11/16 x 21 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Huntly H. Gilbert

Accession Number

1963.348

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