Chest of drawers (High chest)

Museum Object Number 1993.0055

Object Name

Chest of drawers (High chest)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

Creator (Role)

Eliphalet Chapin (Maker)

Date of Birth

1741

Date of Death

1807

Place of Origin

East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut River Valley, United States, North America

Date

1775-1790

Materials

Cherry; Pine, white

Dimensions (inches)

87.125 (H) , 40.25 (W) , 20.125 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

221.298 (H) , 102.24 (W) , 51.118 (D)

Measurement Notes

OH with cartouche; OW and OD are of feet. H (case) 81.25 in. (203.9 cm); W (cornice) 40 in. (101.6 cm); W (upper case) 36.25 in. (91.9 cm); W (lower case) 38.25 in. (97.2 cm); D (cornice) 19.125 in. (48.5 cm); D (upper case) 17 in. (43.2 cm); D (lower case) 18.375 in. (46.7 cm). Extra measurements taken by Stephanie Auffret in March 2014 for Will Neptune at NBSS: overall height from floor to top of pediment scroll: 81" 1/8; height from floor to top of upper case: 71" ¾; height from floor to top of waist molding: 32" ¼, width of upper case, not including cornice molding: 36" 1/8 (at top of case); 36" 1/16 (at bottom of case); height of that section: 38" ½; width of lower case, knee to knee: 40" 3/16 (at largest point of knee) and 38 3/8 above the knees, meaning the width of the lower case; lower case, from top of knee to top of waist molding: 17 ¾

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published: no. 174, pp. 345-48.
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1994 Eye for Excellence: Masterworks from Winterthur.
• Published: pp.84-85.
[Article] Zea, Philip. 1995 "Diversity and Regionalism in Rural New England Furniture". American Furniture. 1995: 69-112.
• Published: pp. 92-93.
[Book] Kugelman, Thomas P., et al. 2005 Connecticut Valley Furniture : Eliphalet Chapin and his contemporaries, 1750-1800.
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[Article] 2001 Shells, Scrolls, & Cabrioles: American Furniture from Winterthur at the Winter Antiques Show. Winterthur Magazine. (December 2001): 35-42.
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