About the Artwork
Low Chest or Dressing Table
ca. 1770
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American
American
Walnut and brass
Overall: 30 1/2 × 33 × 19 1/2 inches (77.5 × 83.8 × 49.5 cm)
Furniture
American Art before 1950
Bequest of Josephine F. Ford
2005.64
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
1987-2005, Josephine Ford (Grosse Point Farms, Michigan, USA)
2005-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Hornor, William Macpherson Jr. The Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture. (pls. 160-162).
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American, Low Chest or Dressing Table, ca. 1770, walnut and brass. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Josephine F. Ford, 2005.64.
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