A CHIPPENDALE WALNUT DRESSING TABLE

PROBABLY DELAWARE, 1750-1780

Details

A CHIPPENDALE WALNUT DRESSING TABLE
Probably Delaware, 1750-1780
The molded rectangular top with notched corners above a conforming case with one long drawer above three short drawers over a shaped skirt, on cabriole legs with trifid feet, retains four original pierced brasses
30½in. high, 35½in. wide, 20in. deep

Provenance

See lot 320

Lot Essay

This dressing table is very closely related to a dressing table that is associated with the Delaware cabinetmaker John Janvier (w. 1770-1801), See American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, Vol. 5, p. 1288. The Table was repaired by Janvier in 1799.)

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