Table (Dressing table)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Place of Origin:

    Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut River Valley, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1760-1780

  • Materials:

    Cherry; Pine, white; Pine, yellow

  • Museum Object Number:

    1958.0589


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1958.0589

Object Name

Table (Dressing table)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut River Valley, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Previously catalogued as origin either Hatfield or Northhampton, Massachusetts.

Date

1760-1780

Materials

Cherry; Pine, white; Pine, yellow

Dimensions (inches)

32 (H) , 39 (W) , 24 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

81.28 (H) , 99.06 (W) , 60.96 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD are of top. W (case) 32 in. (81.3 cm); W (feet) 33.675 in. (85.4 cm); D (case) 17 in. (43.2 cm); D (feet) 18.75 in. (47.6 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. 171, pp. 337-38.
[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. 327.
[Book] Hosley, William N. 1985 The Great River Art and Society of the Connecticut River Valley, 1635-1820.
Published: cat. no. 103.
[Article] Brown, Michael K. 05//1980 Scalloped-top Furniture of the Connecticut Reiver Valley. Antiques. 117 (5): 1092-1099.