Dressing table

Published/Created:

Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1750–1770

Physical Description:

30 1/2 x 35 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.

Materials:

Walnut; brass

Notes:

Sack catalogue description: Queen Anne walnut lowboy in superb state of preservation, retaining the original brasses, flame finials and acorn pendants; carved fans with incised line borders, fine mellow brown color. Formerly sold by Israel Sack to Henry A. Hoffman, prominent Rhode Island pioneer collector. This lowboy makes a matching pair with a Queen Anne walnut highboy, illustrated in American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, vol. 2, p. 466, pl. 1147.
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Related objects: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 2, p. 466, pl. 1147.
Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 2, p. 467, pl. 1147.

Variant Titles:

Queen Anne walnut lowboy

Topics:

Decoration and ornament--Queen Anne style
Furniture--United States

Period/Style:

Queen Anne

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

2708A

Genre:

dressing tables (AAT)
low chests (AAT)

Format:

Image
Physical Object

Content Type:

Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Source Title:

Israel Sack, Inc., Archive

Source Created:

New York, New York, United States
1957–1990

Source Note:

Sack, December 1968
The information below is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarshipscholarship

Folder:

Folder 10319 cab1dr4 tiff

Yale Collection:

Yale University Art Gallery

Digital Collection:

Israel Sack Furniture Archive

OID:

10968508

PID:

digcoll:845066