CHIPPENDALE DRESSING TABLE
Philadelphia
Circa 1760
Primary Wood: Walnut Secondary Woods: White Pine, Tulip Poplar
Height: 30 3/4 inches Width: 34 1/2 inches Depth: 21 1/4 inches
Provenance: Mabel Brady Garvan, New York; James L. Britton, Texas
Reference: The dressing table appears in Wallace Nutting, Furniture Treasury, Volume I , no. 442; and was exhibited in American Art Galleries, The Girl Scout Loan Exhibition of Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Furniture and Glass, September 25 - October 9, 1929 , number 642. A closely related suite of high chest and dressing table are in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, see Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley, American Furniture 1650-1840; Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art , pages 88-9.
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