Table, Dressing
- Object Name:
- Table, Dressing
- Object ID:
- 1939.007.13
- Place of Origin:
- Essex County, MA, or possibly NH
- Date:
- 1750-1775
- Description:
- Dressing Table. Chippendale style. Walnut, with pine secondary wood. Two-piece rectangular top with molded edges and notches corners. Top extends beyond frame 5-5.25" at ends, 2.125" at front, and 1" at back. Four drawers, one extending full width of front with a row of three narrow drawers below. Lower drawers almost twice as high as upper drawer. Center lower drawer carved with a fan. Scalloped skirt with fan-carved drop at center. Four cabriole legs with sharp knees, scrolled brackets and claw and ball feet. Large brass knob at center of fan on central drawer. Four brass handles with elaborately-shaped plates and bails with slightly bulbous centers on other drawer, top drawer having two handles. Dovetails at backs of drawer sides end beyond drawer backs. Drawer runners beneath drawers, not attached to sides of case. Illegible chalk marks on drawers.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Walnut
Pine
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-31.5 W-36 D-21.125 inches
- Provenance:
- Presumed to have descended in the family of Miss Bennett (donor), some of whose ancestors are known to have lived in Essex County, MA, while others lived in Newmarket and Newfields, NH. The table was in the donor's home in Pittsfield, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Helen Champion Bennett
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