Henry Clifton
Dressing Table

Dressing Table

Public Domain

Dressing Table
MakerAmerican, c. 1725–1771
MakerAmerican, active 1741–1771
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Dressing Table
Datec. 1750
Made inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumWalnut; tulip poplar and yellow pine
Dimensions30 1/2 × 34 × 21 in. (77.5 × 86.4 × 53.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Vincent D. and Caroline S. Andrus
Object numberB.2023.11
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceMade for Richard Wistar (1727–1781), Germantown, Pennsylvania; by descent to Cleayton Wistar (1845–1935), Salem, New Jersey; purchased by Edwin Slough Youse, Reading, Pennsylvania (1875–1944), January 3, 1929; Vincent Dyckman Andrus (1915–1962), Greenwich, Connecticut; Vincent Dyckman Andrus, Jr. and Caroline Parker Andrus; facilitated through [Frank Levy, Levy Galleries, New York]; given to MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Catalogue raisonnéN/A

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Unknown American
Dressing Table
c. 1760–1800
Black walnut; red gum, Atlantic white cedar, yellow-poplar, southern yellow pine, and eastern white pine
B.69.527
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Unknown American
Dressing Table
c. 1740–1800
Black walnut; southern yellow pine, Atlantic white cedar, yellow-poplar, and spruce
B.66.15
Étagère
John Henry Belter
Étagère
1855
Rosewood and rosewood veneer; black walnut, mahogany, eastern white pine, yellow-poplar, undetermined exotic wood (possibly eucalyptus), marble, and mirrored glass
B.81.9.10
Dressing Table
Unknown American
Dressing Table
c. 1760–1800
Black walnut; black walnut, yellow-poplar and Atlantic white cedar
B.69.78
Desk
Unknown American
Desk
c. 1700–1730
Black walnut, undetermined burl veneer, and eastern white pine; eastern white pine, black walnut, yellow-poplar, cherry, Cuban oyster wood (Gymnanthes lucida), and chestnut
B.69.42
Patent Model for an Extension Dining Table
Lewis Thorn
Patent Model for an Extension Dining Table
c. 1851
Walnut; eastern white pine, yellow-poplar, cucumber tree, and white oak
B.93.10
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Unknown American
Card Table
c. 1760–1780
Mahogany; tulip, yellow pine, oak
B.69.20
Dressing Table
Unknown American
Dressing Table
c. 1760–1800
Mahogany; southern yellow pine, yellow-poplar, and Atlantic white cedar
B.58.147
Chest of Drawers
Joseph Barry
Chest of Drawers
c. 1815
Mahogany, tulip poplar, and white pine
B.2020.2
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Unknown American
Desk-on-Frame
c. 1730–1800
Black walnut; yellow-poplar, red oak, Atlantic white cedar, chestnut, eastern white pine, and black walnut
B.61.82
Dressing Table
Christopher Townsend
Dressing Table
c. 1750–1755
Mahogany; yellow-poplar, eastern white pine, and chestnut
B.59.96
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Unknown American
Slab Table
c. 1750–1800
Mahogany; southern yellow pine, eastern white pine, and yellow-poplar; marble
B.69.67