2015.0021.001 Chest of drawers, view 1
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Chest of drawers (High chest)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Creator (Role):

    Seth Pancoast (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Marple Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1766

  • Materials:

    Maple; Tulip poplar; Chestnut; Brass

  • Museum Object Number:

    2015.0021.001


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Object Number

2015.0021.001

Object Name

Chest of drawers (High chest)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of John. J. Snyder, Jr.

Creator (Role)

Seth Pancoast (Maker)
1718-1792

Place of Origin

Marple Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Made in Marple Township, Chester (now Delaware) County, PA.

Date

1766

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Under pediment on proper left side; "Seth Pancoast / 1766"

Materials

Maple; Tulip poplar; Chestnut; Brass

Dimensions (inches)

95 (H) , 41.625 (W) , 22.375 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

241.3 (H) , 105.728 (W) , 56.833 (D)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
Published: p. 122, fig. 3.7 and p. 123, fig. 3.9.
[Article] Powers, A. Nicholas. 2018 Friends in High Places: Quaker Furniture Makers in Virginia's Northern Shenandoah Valley. Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts.
Published: fig. 7