Furniture
Jacob Maser (Maker)
Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
1834
Tulip poplar; Paint; Brass
1964.1518
Object Number1964.1518 |
Desk (Fall-front desk)
Furniture
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Jacob Maser (Maker)
1812-1895
Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Creation place is the Mahantongo Valley, sometimes defined more precisely as the Schwaben Creek Valley, in Northumberland and Schuylkill Counties.
1834
1. Inscription; Front of desk at top center; "JACOB 1834 MASER"
Tulip poplar; Paint; Brass
49.25 (H) , 39.125 (W) , 19 (D)
125.095 (H) , 99.377 (W) , 48.26 (D)
OW at top, OD at side.
Text available soon.
[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 78, pp. 130-34.
[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published on p.70, fig. 77; p.108, cat. no. 27.
[Catalogue] Garvan, Beatrice B. & Hummel, Charles F. 1982 The Pennsylvania Germans: a celebration of their arts, 1683-1850. An exhibition organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 97, plate 36, pages 65 and 179.
[Book] Lipman, Jean & Winchester, Alice. 1974 The Flowering of American Folk Art, 1776-1876. 288 p.
• Published: no. 302, p. 227.
[Book] Lipman, Jean, et al. 1990 Five Star Folk Art: One Hundred American Masterpieces.
• Published: no. 84, p. 139.
[Book] Richman, Irwin. 2001 Pennsylvania German Arts: More than Hearts, Parrots, and Tulips.
• Published: p. 78.
[Other] Winterthur & Workman Publishing Company. 1992 American Folk Art Calendar (Winterthur).
• Published: 1992
[Book] Lasansky, Jeannette. 1990 A Good Start: The Aussteier or Dowry.
• Published: p. 76.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Published: figa. 2.55 and 2.56, pp. 95 and 248; also back cover.
[Article] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. 2011 Paint, Pattern, and People. Antiques. 160-169.
• Published: p. 169
[Book] Reed, Henry M. 1987 Decorated Furniture of the Mahantongo Valley.
• Published: pl. 9, p. 28.
[Book] Weiser, Frederick S. & Sullivan, Mary Hammond. 1980 Decorated Furniture of the Schwaben Creek Valley. 333-394.
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[Article] Minardi, Lisa. 2011 From Millbach to Mahantongo: Fraktur and Furniture of the Pennsylvania Germans. American Furniture. 2-119.
• For more info. and related objects, see pp. 94-97.
[Journal] The Magazine Antiques.
• Published: p. 426 (December 1926 issue).
[Book] Barons, Richard I. 1982 The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehannah Valley.
• Published: p. 129.
[Book] Falk, Cynthia Gayle & Minardi, Lisa. 2014 A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America.
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