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Dressing Table

Additional Title(s)
  • Lowboy
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Date1750-1760
Mediummaple, pine, and brass
Dimensions30 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 21 in. (77.5 x 80 x 53.3 cm.)
DescriptionNew England dressing table with cabriole legs, pad feet, fan motif on central drawer, mid-rib drops with acorn finials
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gail-Oxford Collection
Label TextWith its elegantly curving cabriole legs and pad feet, its carved fan motif on the central drawer, and its mid-rib drops in a distinctive acorn-shaped shape, this dressing table is a fine example of American furniture in the late Baroque style. The table was most likely used by a woman while applying her make-up and dressing her hair.

Status
On view
Object number2016.11.4
Dressing table
Unknown
1740-1760
Object number: 91.288.2
Dressing Table
Unknown, American
ca. 1710-1720
Object number: 2020.15.8
Dressing Table
Unknown, American
1720-1730
Object number: 2016.11.2
Photography © 2014 Fredrik Nilsen
Unknown, American
1755-1775
Object number: 91.288.3
Photography © 2014 Fredrik Nilsen
Lt. Samuel Dunlap
ca. 1780-1810
Object number: 2016.25.67
Photography © 2014 Fredrik Nilsen
Eliphalet Chapin
ca. 1774
Object number: 2020.15.10
Photography © 2014 Fredrik Nilsen
Unknown, American
ca. 1720
Object number: 2020.15.6
Photography © 2014 Fredrik Nilsen
Unknown, American
ca. 1810
Object number: 91.288.7
Card table
Unknown, American
1790-1810
Object number: 91.288.6
Tea Table
Unknown, American
1740-1760
Object number: 2016.11.5
Oval Table with Falling Leaves
Unknown, American
1720-1730
Object number: 2016.11.3
Table
Unknown
1750-1760
Object number: 78.20.66