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:: 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:: 4041
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 10718 cab4dr1 tif
Yale Collection:: Yale University Art Gallery
Digital Collection:: Israel Sack Furniture Archive
oid pointer:: 10987016
OID:: 11887968
PID:: digcoll:847487