Dressing table
Unknown artist
Date: 1730–60
Medium: Walnut
Dimensions: 29 1/2 × 34 1/8 × 21 1/2 in. (74.9 × 86.7 × 54.6 cm)
Country: United States
Culture: American
Bequest of Mrs. Screven Lorillard (Alice Whitney), from the collection of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 2016
Date range
1730 – 1760
Largest dimension
54.6 cm
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