Dressing table

Unknown

1730–60 · Walnut, walnut veneer, white pine · The American Wing

In the 1730s, Boston cabinetmakers transformed the traditional flat-top, turned-leg William and Mary–style high chest into the scroll-top, cabriole-leg Queen Anne version. The best examples of this uniquely American design, such as this dressing table and its related high chest (10.125.62), have carved and gilded shells and delicate inlaid compass stars on the pediment and case sides.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1730–60

Medium

Walnut, walnut veneer, white pine

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909