Dressing table

Published/Created:: Salem, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1750–1760
Physical Description:: 30 1/4 x 36 1/2 x 20 1/2 in.
Materials:: Walnut; brass
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Queen Anne walnut lowboy, the beautiful silhouette formed by the cyma-shaped apron and graceful cabriole legs shows the hand of a highly skilled artisan, the distinctive central carved fan is a rare variation from the conventional; the alternating reeded and fluted radiates are contained in a deeply-scribed border, mellow light brown patina, original brasses.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 7, p. 1921, pl. P5297; vol. 9, p. 2392, pl. P5297.
Variant Titles:: Queen Anne walnut lowboy
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--Queen Anne style
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: Queen Anne
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 5297
Genre:: dressing tables (AAT)
low chests (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, June 1982; Sack, July 1988
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship.
Folder:: Folder 10319 cab1dr4 tiff
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10968650
OID:: 11870863
PID:: digcoll:847152