1958.2775 Table, Dressing Table
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Table (Dressing table)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Place of Origin:

    Chester, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1750-1775

  • Materials:

    Walnut, black; Chestnut; Oak, red; Poplar, yellow; Brass

  • Museum Object Number:

    1958.2775


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1958.2775

Object Name

Table (Dressing table)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Chester, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Previously attributed to Newport, Rhode Island.

Date

1750-1775

Materials

Walnut, black; Chestnut; Oak, red; Poplar, yellow; Brass

Dimensions (inches)

31.75 (H) , 39.875 (W) , 22.25 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

80.645 (H) , 101.283 (W) , 56.515 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD are of top. W (case): 32 in. (81.3 cm); W (feet): 33.875 in. (86.0 cm); D (case): 20 in. (50.8 cm); D (feet): 22 in. (55.9 cm).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
Published: cat. no. 170, pp. 334-37.
[Book] Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
Published: fig. 326.
[Electronic] Yale University Art Gallery. Rhode Island Furniture Archive. http://rifa.art.yale.edu/index.htm
RIF1427
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
See p. xv, fig. 5 for a related example attributed to Chester or Delaware County, PA.
[Catalogue] 1995 Important Americana: The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Henry P. Deyerle.
Related examples, lots 420 and 634.