Table, dressing

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Table, dressing

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.122

Description

Dressing table: top slightly overhanging, with inset front corners over cyma edge, recessed molding, and panel of fretwork carving running about front and sides; wide shallow top drawer, with two pierced Chippendale bails and brasses, and matching key escutcheon; narrower deep central drawer, with recessed shell carving, and small brass pull; flanking central drawer, two narrow, slightly less deep drawers, each with brass bail and pierced Chippendale brasses; fluted quarter-columns at front corners; scalloped skirt, reaching maximum depth at center, where occur leaf-carved S-scrolls and anthemion; bottom of unornamented sides also scalloped; cabriole legs, with relief-carved shell at each knee; ball-and-claw feet.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1760 - 1770

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

32 in

Width

35 in

Depth

20-3/4 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 32 x 35 x 20 3/4 in. (81.3 x 88.9 x 52.7 cm)

Material

brass, Mahogany

Condition

Notes

Remarks: At some point over the last several years, part of the tracery ornamentation of this piece had broken off on the proper left side panel, toward the front of the table; Ted Hemberger of the Restoration Crew made the repair by gluing the piece back into place in February 2013.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Cornelia Van Cortlandt Beekman

Notes

Former owner

Person or Organization

Van Cortlandt Family

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Central drawer probably originally had carved streamers, according to John M. Graham II.

Note Type

General Note

Note

Van Cortlandt family possession

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Manor, Lean-to Room