American Art Dressing Table Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America1705-20 Artist/maker unknown, American Walnut, yellow poplar, white cedar, yellow pine; brass Currently not on view 1925-69-1 Purchased with the Elizabeth S. Shippen Fund, 1925 |
LabelThis finely turned dressing table survives with its original decorative stand on an intricately shaped sawn stretcher. Intended to display a ceramic vase or some other ornament, the stand is centered under the arched central skirt cut-out and center pendant drapes, which would have visually framed any ornament displayed. Its "cup" and "trumpet" legs and ball feet are composed of separately turned, vertically joined elements. |
