Collection Highlights
Dressing table
1795-1810
INV.14982
Mahogany, mahogany and other inlays, white pine, yellow poplar
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Figural Group: autumn and winter
Object name
Figural Group: autumn and winter
Date
1700-1800
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
Part (female): 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (22.2 x 14 x 16.5 cm)
Part (male): 8 1/2 x 4 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (21.6 x 11.7 x 14
Description
Pair of porcelain seated figures; male putting on ice skates and barefoot female with basket of grapes on her left and cluster of grapes in her right hand.
Credit Line
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number
1911.84ab
Gallery Label
These two figures are most likely allegorical reprsentations of the winter and summer seasons.
Due to ongoing res