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Table · Salem
Dressing Table
Artist unknown (American, 18th century) · Salem · 1750–70
Dressing tables were most often made together with high chests of drawers. Used in the bedchamber, the dressing table held objects for grooming, such as combs, brushes, powders, ribbons, and pieces of lace. A looking glass was often hung above the table, or a dressing glass was set upon the table. A silk, velvet, or cotton textile, known as a toilette, would have covered the top and protected it from wear and damage.
— Art Institute of Chicago, catalogue text
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