Dressing box
Date1790-1800 or c. 1784-1805
Possible retailer
Samuel Dunlap
(American)
Possible retailer
John McElwee
(American)
Possible retailer
Kid & Co.
(American, 1793 - 1796)
Geography
Made -
China
Medium/TechniqueWood, lacquer, gilt
DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 1 3/4 in. × 4 in. × 3 3/8 in. (4.45 cm × 10.16 cm × 8.57 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, 1939
Conservation courtesy of the E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Object numberW-221/C
DescriptionShaped box with independent lid decorated with gilt over dark brown or black lacquer. The top, short side of the box is scalloped, the bottom, short side is coved or hollowed, one long side follows an S-curve, and the other is scalloped. Cover features a daisy on a blue or green-colored gilded ground at center, bordered by a geometric-patterned ground of alternating octagons and squares. Floral and leafy sprigs on sides. Interiors and outside bottom lacquered.Published ReferencesCarol Borchert Cadou, The George Washington Collection: Fine and Decorative Arts at Mount Vernon (New York: Hudson Hills Press, 2006), 241, 247. (general reference).
Helen Maggs Fede, Washington Furniture at Mount Vernon (Mount Vernon, Virginia: Mount Vernon Ladies Association, 1966), 45-6.
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