Description:
Grain-painted dressing table. Joseph Gilman Briggs (1805-1876) was the son of Eliphalet Briggs, Jr. (1788-1853), a cabinet and chair maker in Keene, New Hampshire, and Montpelier, Vermont, and probably trained in his shop. In 1826 he established a cabinetmaking shop and showroom in Montpelier, Vermont with his older brother, Lyman Briggs, and, 3 years later, moved to Charlestown, New Hampshire, where he set up shop as a cabinetmaker and dealer in gravestones. He relocated his home and business to Claremont, New Hampshire, in 1840 and practiced cabinetmaking at least through 1860. The table is decorated with black and gold graining to simulate rosewood. The upper section is screwed into the lower section and has a shaped splashboard screwed to its back. Each section contains a shallow drawer fitted with round wooden knobs. Four ring-and-vase turned legs support the case. Historic Deerfield also owns a similarly-labeled, grain-painted blanket chest (95.032) made by Joseph Briggs and an 1810 chest (94.019) made by his father, Eliphalet Briggs, Jr. (1788-1853).
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