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Dressing table

Object number

RIF3003

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 31 1/2 in. (80.01 cm) Width of top: 35 in. (88.9 cm) Width of case: 30 1/2 in. (77.47 cm) Depth: 20 1/4 in. (51.435 cm)

Date

1740–60

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Made in Eastern Connecticut, or made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple (primary); chestnut (secondary)

Marks

Unknown

Inscriptions

Unknown

Style

Queen Anne

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, January 18, 1998, lot 1781. A private Rhode Island collector; consigned to Christie's, New York, September 20, 2016, lot 852

Associated names

Sotheby's
Christie's

Bibliography

Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, Furniture, and Folk Art, sale cat. (January 18, 1998), lot 1781, ill.
Christie's, New York, Important American Furniture, Silver, Outsider and Folk Art, sale cat. (September 20, 2016), 41, lot 852.