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Dressing table

1740–60
Object PlaceProbably Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/TechniqueWalnut, oak, pine, poplar
Dimensions74.61 x 84.14 x 52.07 cm (29 3/8 x 33 1/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Ames Nowell
Accession number62.1237
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1938, Mrs. Ames Nowell, New York [see note 1]; 1962, gift of Ames Nowell to the MFA (Accession Date: December 20,1962); December 19, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA.

NOTES:
[1] Lent by Mrs. Ames Nowell to the MFA on May 17, 1938.
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