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Dressing table

Object number

RIF447

Maker

Maker Unknown

Date

1740–60

Current location

Private collection

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Maple

Provenance

By descent in the Benson family, Newport, Rhode Island

Construction

This dressing table has a new top, new legs, and the lower three inches of the front skirt are replaced.