Dressing table

Published/Created:: Connecticut, United States
ca. 1750–1760
Physical Description:: 34 1/2 x 39 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.
Materials:: Cherry
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Queen Anne cherry lowboy with dramatically scalloped top of cyma curves with turret corners and outlined by molded and filleted edges, fan-carved center drawer, apron design basically complementing the design of the top; the undulation of the top is aided by a beautiful amber patina. A closely related example without a fan-carved drawer is illustrated in Downs, American Furniture, pl. 327.
Related objects: Book: Joseph Downs, American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum (New York: Macmillan, 1952), pl. 327.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 3, p. 635, pl. 1425.
Variant Titles:: Queen Anne cherry lowboy
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--Queen Anne style
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: Queen Anne
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 3189
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, January 1970
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:: 10968532
OID:: 11870836
PID:: digcoll:847437