Dressing table, 1747, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Japanned maple, white pine, 30 5/8 x 33 7/8 x 21 1/8 in. (77.8 x 86 x 53.7 cm), Furniture, Both this dressing table and its matching high chest are remarkably well preserved, with their tortoiseshell backgrounds—created by streaking lampblack onto a vermillion ground. The painted decoration, which includes a fantastical dragon and winged swans pulling a chariot with a shell-shaped back, is noticeably different from that on the suite of japanned furniture owned by the Pickman family of Salem
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Dressing table, 1747, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Japanned maple, white pine, 30 5/8 x 33 7/8 21 1/8, 77.8 86 53.7 cm, Furniture, dressing, matching high chest, well preserved, tortoiseshell backgrounds—created, streaking lampblack, vermillion ground, painted decoration, includes, fantastical dragon, winged swans, pulling, chariot, shell-shaped back, noticeably different, suite, japanned furniture, owned, Pickman family, Salem
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