Dressing table
Unknown
1800–1810 · Mahogany, birch veneer, basswood with white pine · The American Wing
In early-nineteenth-century cabinetmaking parlance, this “lady’s dressing table” features a “plain arch in sweep front”—a more expensive elaboration on the basic, straight-front model with a single long drawer. According to the English furniture designer George Hepplewhite, the drawers of dressing tables were partitioned to accommodate “combs, powders, essences, pin-cushions, and other necessary equipage.”
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1800–1810
- Medium
- Mahogany, birch veneer, basswood with white pine
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909
