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[Perh. f. the name of Margaret Caroline Rudd (d. 1779), a notorious courtesan, for whom the table may have been invented.]
Used attrib. and in the possessive in Rudd('s) table, an elaborately appointed lady's toilet table of the late eighteenth century.
1788in R. Fastnedge Shearer Furnit. Designs from Cabinet-Makers' London Bk. of Prices (1962) 14 A three foot 4 inch, rudd table, all solid, with astragal, or 2 beads, and hollow round the edge of the top, the 2 outside drawers with no quadrant boxes, a glass hung to each drawer, supported by quadrants.., plain Marlbro' feet, and an astragal round the bottom of the frame. 1793Cabinet-Makers' London Bk. of Prices (ed. 2) 161 A Rudd, or Lady's Dressing Table..Three feet four inches long, two feet wide, three drawers in front, a glass frame hing'd to each end drawer, and supported by quadrants, a moulding on the edge of the top, plain Marlbro' legs, and an astragal round the bottom of the frame. 1892F. Litchfield Illustr. Hist. Furnit. vii. 186 The names given to some of these designs [in Hepplewhite's Guide] appear curious; for instance: ‘Rudd's table or reflecting dressing table,’ so called from the first one having been invented for a popular character of that time. 1902W. H. Hackett Decorative Furnit. 16th, 17th & 18th Cent. x. 124 About the year 1788, Shearer also published..‘Household Furniture’... The nineteen plates consist of designs for secretaires, bookcases, bureaux..and what was known as a Rudd or lady's dressing table. 1970[see lobby chest s.v. lobby n. 4]. |