Object Number 1967.1168

Object Name

Chest of drawers

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Chester, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Origin probably Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Date

1715-1750

Materials

Walnut; Holly; Tulip poplar; Brass; Wood

Dimensions (inches)

49 (H) , 41.625 (W) , 22.25 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

124.46 (H) , 105.728 (W) , 56.515 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD are at the base.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Thesis] Griffith, Lee Ellen. 1988 Line-and-Berry Inlaid Furniture: A Regional Craft Tradition in Pennsylvania, 1682-1790. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
• Published: p. 47, fig. 25.
[Article] Griffith, Lee Ellen. 1989 "The line-and-berry inlaid furniture of eighteenth-century Chester County, Pennsylvania". Antiques and Fine Art. (May)
• Published: p. 1204, pl. 3.