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Dressing bureau

Object number

RIF3426

Maker

Maker Moses Dresser Stow, 1804?1882

Dimensions

Height, splashboard: 39 1/2 in. (100.33 cm) Height, second level: 34 1/2 in. (87.63 cm) Height, base level: 30 1/2 in. (77.47 cm) Width, front: 38 1/4 in. (97.155 cm) Width, back: 36 in. (91.44 cm) Depth: 17 1/2 in. (44.45 cm)

Date

1820–30

Current location

Unknown

Geography

Probably made in Providence, Rhode Island
(view a map of Rhode Island)

Medium

Pine with mahogany knobs

Marks

"M D Stow", "Made By M D Stow", and "Sartition" in graphite under the top section

Style

Sheraton, Federal

Provenance

Harden Studios, Barnstable, Massachusetts, 2007

Associated names

Harden Studios

Bibliography

Harden Studios, "Dressing table," http://www.hardenstudios.com/antiques.htm (accessed December 14, 2007).