Object Number 1957.0520

Object Name

Chest of drawers

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Asa Hunting (Maker)

Place of Origin

Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Secondary Place of Origin

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Secondary Origin Notes

The cabinet handles were made in Birmingham, England, 1790-95, and were fitted to the chest before the drawer were lined with newspaper. The ship design appears in trade catalogues and pattern books.

Date

1795-1810

Materials

Mahogany; Chestnut; Pine, white

Dimensions (inches)

33 (H) , 40.875 (W) , 22.56 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

83.82 (H) , 103.823 (W) , 57.31 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD at top. W (feet) 39 in. (98.9 cm); D (feet) 18.5 in. (46.9 cm).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Published: cat.315, p.444
[Electronic] Yale University Art Gallery. Rhode Island Furniture Archive. http://rifa.art.yale.edu/index.htm
• RIF722