Object Number 2009.0044

Object Name

Schrank (Clothes cupboard)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Burton and Helaine Fendelman

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Origin is probably Berks County.

Date

1790-1810

Materials

Tulip poplar; Cedar or pine, white; Maple; Brass; Iron; Paint

Dimensions (inches)

89 (H) , 81.5 (W) , 24.25 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

226.06 (H) , 207.01 (W) , 61.595 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at cornice, OD at cornice.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Lipman, Jean & Winchester, Alice. 1974 The Flowering of American Folk Art, 1776-1876. 288 p.
• Published: fig. 307 on p. 231.
[Catalogue] 06/09/1983 The Fred Wichmann Collection of Pennsylvania-German Fraktur and Related Decorative Arts.
• Published: pl. 10, lot 90.
[Article] Cooper, Wendy A. 2005 What is Original (A Winterthur Primer). Antiques and Fine Art. Anniversary 2005: 272-273.
• Published: p. 273, fig. 3
[Catalogue] 10/30/2010 The Collection of Richard and Joane Smith.
• Related example made for Philip DeTurk, lot 255.
[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.
• Related example made for Jacob Bieber, fig. 27.
[Catalogue] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & the Art of Everyday Life.
• Published: p. 6, fig. 4