Unknown American
Dressing Table

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Maker Unknown American

CultureAmerican

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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

On view

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Department

Bayou Bend

Object Type

FURNITURE

DescriptionThis dressing table exemplifies the work of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, cabinetmakers near the end of the 1700s. Although closely related in its overall form and outlines to objects produced in Philadelphia, this table has a more massive appearance and features several important characteristics of the Lancaster school. Among these are the vigorously undulating skirt, areas densely carved from the solid with tightly curled foliage, and a stipple-punched background. Guilloche-carved quarter columns add another refinement.
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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