Dressing Table

Dressing Table

Public Domain

Dressing Table
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
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
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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