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Lot 140
Description:
An American Birdseye Maple Faux Bamboo Dressing Table, c. 1870-1880, New York, rectangular spindled mirror, uprights with quarter-round spindled shelves, the base with long drawer and two small drawers, outswept legs, stretchers, height 59 in., width 43 in., depth 20 1/2 in.
- Notes: Note: A dressing table identical to the lot seen here was sold by Neal Auction Company as lot 253, June 8, 2002. A dressing table with identical mirror, stile supports, legs and feet to that seen here is conserved by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc 68.97.15). A desk bearing the Horner label with legs and feet also identical to those seen here is conserved by the High Museum of Art (acc.1993.142.1) Introduced to Americans by French and English designers at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, the Japanese aesthetic greatly influenced late 19th-century American design. American furniture in the Japonesque taste was produced by New York firms such as that of Robert J. Horner, established in 1886 on East 23rd St eet. The 1888 Horner publication Our American Homes and How to Furnish Them recommends for bedrooms, "If there is an absence of sunshine, a lighter wood is preferable..." clearly maple furniture like the dressing table here met this requirement. Reference: Tracy. 19th Century America, Furniture and Other Decorative Arts. cat. 228; Peirce. Art and Enterprise: American Decorative Art, 1825-1917, The Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection. p. 230, fig. 120; The 1888 Horner publication can be viewed at www.rarevictorian.com.
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