RENAISSANCE REVIVAL DRESSER FROM TEMPLE FAMILY

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

RENAISSANCE REVIVAL DRESSER FROM TEMPLE FAMILY

Entry/Object ID

87.4.1.2

Description

RENAISSANCE REVIVAL DRESSER FROM TEMPLE FAMILY Dresser - dark wood, Renaissance revival style, a) dresser, b) mirror, c-f) narrow top drawer, g-h) large bottom drawer, i-k) solid marble top - a) rectangular, simple molding on sides and across front, rounded corners, recessed center section, on casters, b) central curved mirror framed with simple molding frame, held onto support section by two (2) bolts capped by decorative spindles, support section capped with an ornately decorated pediment flanked by foliate scroll elements on top of a heavy arch, incised wheat stalks on the body, two (2) sets of rounded shelves supported by cutout brackets, c-f) two (2) narrow drawers on each side of mirror, front decorated with rounded rectangles of carved molding, topped by i & k) solid marble with rounded edges, g-h) front decorated with rounded rectangles of carved molding flanking circular molding at center, locks on drawers (no key), j) solid marble with square edge at lower center of a). [+1] g-h)x 47"W x 17 1/4"D; i-k) 3/4"H x 15"W x 21"

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Search Terms

Furniture, Chests of drawers, House furnishings

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Object Name

Chests of Drawers