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The crude outcome of the blockfront design deviates from the Coit's more smooth implementation, which suggests that either this was the first of Davis's creations or else Davis adapted the technique using Portsmouth inspiration. A signed receipt dated 1725 not only confirms Davis's apprenticeship with Coit, but it also provided evidence of maker attribution as the signature on the receipt matches that on the table. According to the Dietrich American Foundation, the matching high chest is in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the U.S. Department of State. There is no evidence of a Joseph Davis working in Portsmouth at the time this table was made. See Lovell (1974) and Fairbanks and Bates (1981)."},{"label":"Subjects (AAT)","value":["Dressing tables","Low chests"]},{"label":"Subjects","value":["Dressing tables"]},{"label":"Bibliography","value":"Book: Jonathan L. Fairbanks and Elizabeth Bidwell Bates,?áAmerican Furniture, 1620 to the Present (New York: Richard Marek, 1981), 115.  Article: Brock Jobe, \"An Introduction to Portsmouth Furniture of the Mid-Eighteenth Century,\"?áOld-Time New England?á72, no. 259 (1987): 172-4, fig. 13.  Book: Brock Jobe and Myrna Kaye, with the assistance of Philip Zea, New England Furniture, the Colonial Era: Selections from the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984), 32, I-34.  Article: Margaretta Markle Lovell, \"Boston Blockfront Furniture,\" in?áBoston Furniture of the Eighteenth Century (Boston: The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1974): 98, fig. 68.  Article: Alexandra W. Rollins, \"Furniture in the Collection of the Dietrich American Foundation,\" Antiques 125, no. 5 (May 1984): 1101, fig. 3 and 3a.  Online resource: Dietrich American Foundation, Collections, http://earlyamericanart.pastperfectonline.com/ (accessed June 20, 2018), 8.2.1.569."},{"label":"History of Ownership","value":"Descended in the Howland-Wellington, Ellery families of Boston and Newport. The original owner may have been Benjamin Ellery II (1669-1746), but his son, William Ellery (1727-1820), one of the first signers of the Constitution, is the first known owner. May be the earliest block-front piece by a known maker and must have been among Davis's first, as the design elements were handled in an awkward manner. From the Ellery's, the table came into the collection of Israel Sack, from whom it was purchased by Samuel Gelston King (1857-1932) of Boston, Massachusetts and bequeathed to his daughter, Margaret King Farnsworth (1886-1973). The table was then sold to Israel Sack, Inc., New York and in 1969, it was sold to the present owner, the Dietrich American Foundation."},{"label":"Associated Objects","value":"DAPC_1998-0248. DAPC numbers 1984-1253, 1984-1254, 1984-1255, and 1984-1256 were erroneously assigned to this piece."},{"label":"Dimensions","value":"Height 29.5 in. (74.9 cm), Width 36 in. (91.4 cm), Depth 22.75 in. (57.8 cm)"},{"label":"Description","value":"Queen Anne-style blockfront dressing table made of black walnut with white pine secondary wood.  The rectangular top has molded edges and notched corners; it overhangs the case. Each notched corner is inlaid with an arrow shape pointed to the center of the table. An six-armed star is inlaid in the center of the table top; the horizontal and vertical arms have straight edges while the diagonal arms have serpentine edges. The top is now detached from the case.  The case holds six drawers with squared blocking on the drawer fronts. An upper row contains a wide central drawer flanked by two narrower drawers, all of equal height. The lower row consists of a wide central drawer of about the same height as the drawer above it flanked by two narrower, taller drawers. The horizontal and vertical drawer dividers all have double bead molding; the horizontal dividers between the rows of drawers are blocked to follow the profiles of the drawer fronts. The three upper drawers and the central lower drawer each have a single bail pull set on a shaped, solid back plate with a keyhole. The two lower, outer drawers each have a single bail pull set on a shaped, solid back plate matching the other pulls and a differently shaped escutcheon with keyhole. Fluted pilasters flanking the drawers along the front vertical edges of the case. The shaped apron at the bottom of the case front has a central recessed shell carving flanked by acorn drop finials and flattened arches. The bottom edges of the case sides are also cut in flattened arches. Bead molding outlines the lower edges of the front and side aprons. The case sits on four exaggerated cabriole legs that terminate in thick pad feet.  As of 1984, the finish and brasses are original, but the drop finials have been replaced."},{"label":"Date Digitized","value":"10/17/2018"},{"label":"Marks, Signatures, and Inscriptions","value":"Signed in chalk on the bottom of the middle drawer in the upper tier: [Joseph Davis]."},{"label":"Basis of Materials","value":"Black walnut identified as the primary wood and white pine as secondary according to the Dietrich American Foundation (1972)."},{"label":"Materials","value":"Black walnut; White pine; Brass; Iron"},{"label":"Style","value":["Queen Anne"]},{"label":"Basis of Date","value":"Date range of 1735-1745 provided by the Dietrich American Foundation (1972). Date range of 1730-1750 provided by Lovell (1974). Date range of 1730-1745 provided by Rollins (1984). Date range of 1740-1760 provided by Jobe (1987)."},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1730 - D:00 M:00 Y:1760"},{"label":"Basis of Origin","value":"Davis apprenticed with Job Coit about 1725 and was working for himself in Boston in 1733. After 1733, Davis relocated to Portsmouth, N.H. Because the table is attributed with a date between 1730 and 1745, it's possible it could have been made in either location. Some sources attribute the table to Boston and others to Portsmouth. The table is listed in Lovell's article on blockfront furniture and Fairbanks, Bates, and Bidwell's American Furniture as from Boston. According to Brock Jobe's article for Old-Time New England and the Dietrich American Foundation, present owner of the object, the table was made in Portsmouth. Stylistically, the table has both Boston and Portsmouth regional design characteristics."},{"label":"Place of Origin","value":"Boston, Massachusetts; Portsmouth, New Hampshire"},{"label":"Basis of Maker Attribution","value":"Signed by maker."},{"label":"Maker","value":["Davis, Joseph, cabinetmaker, 1707-1778, active about 1726-1751"]},{"label":"Other Name","value":"Dressing bureau; Toilet table; Vanity; Lowboy; Low chest of drawers"},{"label":"Object Type","value":["Table"]},{"label":"Object Use","value":"Support furniture"},{"label":"Category","value":"Furniture"},{"label":"Title","value":"Dressing table"},{"label":"Date Modified","value":"10/17/2018"}],"description":"Dressing 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