A QUEEN ANNE MAPLE DRESSING TABLE

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A QUEEN ANNE MAPLE DRESSING TABLE
NEW YORK, 1730-1760

The rectangular top with molded edges and cusped corners over a case fitted with two thumbmolded drawers flanking a thumbmolded short
drawer over a shaped skirt with pendant drops on cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet (one leg damaged)--28 1/2in. high, 34in. wide, 20 1/4in. deep

Lot Essay

The New York version of the dressing table form often followed English precedent, notably having a single row of drawers. For another example, see Vanity and Elegance: The Dressing Table and Tall Chest in America, 1685-1785 (New York, 1992), p. 47, no. 42.