Furniture
Symonds Shop (Maker)
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
1676
Oak, red; Cedar, red; Walnut, black; Maple, soft
1958.0526
Object Number1958.0526 |
Chest of drawers (Spice box or chest)
Furniture
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
Symonds Shop (Maker)
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
1676
Oak, red; Cedar, red; Walnut, black; Maple, soft
17.25 (H) , 17 (W) , 9.5 (D)
43.8 (H) , 43 (W) , 24 (D)
OW and OD at top.
Text available soon.
[Article] Willoughby, Martha H. 2000 "Patronage in Early Salem: The Symonds Shops and Their Customers". American Furniture. 2000: 169-84.
• fig. 1, pp. 169, 174, 176
[Catalogue] Christie's, Inc. 2000 "The Joseph and Bathsheba Pope Valuables Cabinet", New York, January 21, 2000.
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[Chapter] Trent, Robert F. "The Symonds Shops of Essex County, Massachusetts" [Book] 1989 The American Craftsman and the European Tradition. 23-41.
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[Thesis] Forman, Benno M. 1968 "The Seventeenth-Century Case Furniture of Essex County". M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
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[Book] Fairbanks, Jonathan L. & Trent, Robert F. 1982 New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century. III. 366-575.
• Published: V.3, p.527, cat.no. 485