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From: David A. Hanks, American Art of the Colonies and Early Republic (Chicago, Illinois: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1971), 20, fig. 12
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Dressing table

Object number

RIF659

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

32 3/4 × 36 3/4 × 22 3/4 in. (83.185 × 93.345 × 57.785 cm)

Date

1740–50

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Massachusetts, Possibly made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Walnut (primary); maple (secondary)

Provenance

Marshall Field, Chicago, Illinois

Associated names

Marshall Field

Bibliography

David A. Hanks, American Art of the Colonies and Early Republic, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1971), 20–21, fig. 12.