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Demi-lune form with slightly overhanging top with straight edge, over a conforming apron. Surmounted by smaller demi-lune case enclosing a single drawer with a walnut mushroom-type pull. Turned legs are round with square block over ring turnings at top and tapering to flattened round feet. Nail construction. Deep matte red paint with gilt banding overall; red is painted over gesso (possibly original).
dressing tables
case furniture
tables (support furniture)
gilding
painting (coating)
pine (wood)
turning (shaping process)
pine (wood)
Windsor chairs
Table
Table, Dressing
Pine
Painted
Gilded
Windsor
Turned
Table, Dressing
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Unknown
36 1/4 x 36 1/8 x 17 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.458
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