Object Number 1967.0760

Object Name

Chest (Blanket chest)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Johannes Ranck (Maker)
1763-1828

Place of Origin

Jonestown, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Jonestown is located in Bethel Township.

Date

1800

Materials

Pine, white; Iron; Paint

Dimensions (inches)

22.25 (H) , 51.875 (W) , 22.75 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

56.515 (H) , 131.762 (W) , 57.785 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at front feet, OD at top.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 86.
[Article] Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 1925 Pennsylvania Bride Boxes and Dower Chests, Part II: County Types of Chests. Antiques. 8 (2)
• For related examples, see p. 83.
[Article] Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 1927 Pennsylvania German Dower Chests, Part III. Antiques. 11 (6)
• For related examples and more info., see pp. 474-476.
[Article] Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 04//1927 Pennsylvania German Dower Chests, Part II. Antiques. 11 (4)
• For related examples and more info., see pp. 280-283.
[Article] Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 02//1927 Pennsylvania German Dower Chests Signed by the Decorators. Antiques. 11 (2)
• For related examples and more info., see pp. 119-123.
[Book] Fabian, Monroe H. 1978 The Pennsylvania German Decorated Chest.
• Published: p. 141, fig. 108. For related examples, see pp. 140-142, 192-193.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• For related examples and more info., see pp. 89-92.
[Thesis] Perkins, Stephen. 2001 Command You Me From Play Every Minute of the Day. M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
• Published: figs. 8,9, 13-16 on pp. 59, 60, 64-67.
[Article] Rohland, Gretchen Krause. 2010 The Craftsmen of Decorated Dower Chests, Tall Case Clocks, and Fancy Woven Coverlets of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Lebanon County Historical Society. 19 (4): 1-56.
• Published: p. 13.
[Book] Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 1940 Early American Decoration.
• Discussion of Oil-painted Boxes and Chests, pp. 137-141; and similar chest illus. pp. 248-250