Dressing Table, 1700-1730

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Artifact Overview

Ladies put on elaborate makeup and fixed their hair in front of a dressing table like this. A mirror would have sat on the top.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Dressing table

Date Made

1700-1730

Location

at Henry Ford Museum in Fully Furnished

Object ID

30.173.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Pine (Wood)
Walnut (Wood)

Color

Brown
Gold (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 29.75 in
Width: 34 in
Length: 21.625 in

Inscriptions

Scratched on outer right side of left drawer: England In pencil on outer right side of left drawer: Made in the year of our Lord 1800