Object Number 1954.0086

Object Name

Chest of drawers

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Henry Hardcastle (Carver)

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1750-1755

Materials

Mahogany; Tulip poplar

Dimensions (inches)

33.25 (H) , 35.5 (W) , 20.75 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

84.455 (H) , 90.17 (W) , 52.71 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD are of top. W (case) 32.75 in. (83 cm); W (feet) 34 in. (86.2 cm); D (case) 18.75 in. (47.5 cm); D (feet) 19.25 in. (48.8 cm).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hummel, Charles F. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chippendale Furniture: Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies.
• Published: fig. 17.
[Book] Snyder, John J. 1977 American Chippendale Furniture.
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[Book] Heckscher, Morrison H. & Bowman, Leslie Greene. 1992 American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament.
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[Article] Beckerdite, Luke. 1993 Origins of the Rococo Style in New York Furniture and Interior Architecture. American Furniture.
• Published: figs. 35-36, pp. 27-28 & 30.