Artwork preview

Dressing table

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black wood dresser with four legs. Top surface flat and rectangular. Two drawers on top, one drawer in middle. S-shaped legs have decorative gilded metal tips. Drawers have rectangular panels with gilded Asian-inspired designs. Gilded carvings on front and sides of dresser. A central gilded shell-like design between middle and bottom drawer. Gray background. Dressing table by Chippendale.

Artwork details

Date:
1740–60
Medium:
Japanned maple, japanned white pine, white pine, japanned birch; brass
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 450 px
Museum record:
View original
Palette