Dressing Table

This little dressing table is part of a larger group of about 10 such tables, three chests of drawers, and one server produced in central Kentucky around Lincoln, Mercer, Casey, and Boyle Counties at the start of the 19th century. While the maker remains unknown (perhaps related to a James Mallory), his inlaid ornament, especially the unusual double arched element with three inlaid strings below at the tops of the front legs, unite this group of pieces. An ideosyncratic detail of the maker's construction can be seen in his use of thick stock for drawer sides and in the rear dovetails on the drawer where he reversed the typical orientation of pins and tails.
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