Chest of drawers and dressing glass
- Published/Created:
- Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1800–1815 - Physical Description:
- 72 x 42 x 21 1/4 in.
- Materials:
- Mahogany; maple; mirror glass
- Notes:
- Sack catalogue description: Sheraton mahogany bureau and dressing glass, the case with three rows of drawers and a recessed cabinet section above with bird's-eye maple drawer fronts, the case is supported on reeded tapering legs with interrupted reeded turrets flanking the drawers; the rectangular mirror swivels on lyre-shaped gracefully scrolled supports.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 5, p. 1172, pl. P4041. - Variant Titles:
- Sheraton mahogany bureau and dressing glass
- Topics:
- Decoration and ornament -- Sheraton style
Furniture -- United States - Period/Style:
- Federal
Sheraton - Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 4041A
- Genre:
- bureaus (chests of drawers) (AAT)
dressing glasses (AAT) - Format:
- Image
Physical Object - Content Type:
- Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Source Title:
- Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
- Source Created:
- New York, New York, United States
1957–1990 - Source Note:
- Sack, October 1974
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship. - Folder:
- Folder cab1dr1 tiff_complete
- Yale Collection:
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Digital Collection:
- Israel Sack Furniture Archive
- OID:
- 10970909
- PID:
- digcoll:845589