Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dressing table
Object name
Dressing table
Date
1760-1790
Medium
Walnut; poplar, pine
Dimensions
Overall: 32 5/8 x 34 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. ( 82.9 x 87.6 x 51.4 cm )
Description
Mahogany Chippendale dressing table; rectangular top overhanging on all four sides with thumbnail molding on front and sides and notched front corners; case contains one full-width top drawer above a tier of three smaller drawers, and has champfered and fluted front corners and a scalloped skirt with central drop with large intaglio shell below a small tulip in low relief; raised on cabriole legs with shell-carved knees, cyma-curved knee brackets terminating in scrolls, and ball-and-claw feet; brasses not original.
Credit Line
Bequest of Irving S. Olds




