Dressing table

Published/Created:: Salem, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, United States
ca. 1750–1770
Physical Description:: 30 3/4 x 35 x 22 1/2 in.
Materials:: Mahogany; brass
Notes:: Sack catalogue description: Queen Anne San Domingan mahogany lowboy, boldly serpentine cabriole legs of squared outline with scrolled knee brackets, pad feet with flaring platforms; the apron is a masterful series of undulating scrolls with diamond center cutout under the fan-carved drawer, scrolls repeating in a reduced scale on sides, the outline formed by the beautifully modeled cabriole legs; brackets and apron design result in one of the most beautiful and creative compositions on an American Queen Anne lowboy, original brasses and dark brown patina. The top retains its original glue blocks with the name "Stephen -----" in contemporary chalk, written on the underside. This piece descended in the Broughton family of Salem, Massachusetts; Salem features are the flat shelf-scrolled knee returns and the diamond center apron cutout.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 4, p. 1012, pl. P3871.
Variant Titles:: Queen Anne mahogany lowboy
Topics:: Decoration and ornament--Queen Anne style
Furniture--United States
Period/Style:: Queen Anne
Culture:: American
Accession Number:: 3871B
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, October 1973
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:: 10968579
OID:: 11870844
PID:: digcoll:848182