CultureAmerican
Titles
- Dressing Table
Datec. 1780–1800
Made inLancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumCherrywood
Dimensions29 1/2 × 37 1/2 × 23 in. (74.9 × 95.3 × 58.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Theta Charity Antiques Show
Object numberB.2015.17
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Folk Art Room
Exposé
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, Long Island, New York; consigned to [Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver and Folk Art, January 18–19, 2002, sale 1003, lot 410]; purchased by [Philip H. Bradley Co., Antiques, Downingtown, Pennsylvania]; purchased by MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition History"Theta Charity Antiques Show," George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, November 14–19, 2018.
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Thomas Spencer
c. 1780–1785
Mahogany; mahogany, eastern white pine, chestnut, soft maple, and yellow poplar
B.92.6
Edmund Townsend
c. 1765–1785
Mahogany; eastern white pine; chestnut; yellow poplar, and cedar
B.99.24