Object Number 1959.1318

Object Name

Chest of drawers (Chest on chest)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Previously catalogued as Massachusetts. Origin is eastern Massachusetts, possibly Concord area.

Date

1770-1785

Materials

Maple, soft; Pine, white

Dimensions (inches)

82 (H) , 41.375 (W) , 22.375 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

208.28 (H) , 105.093 (W) , 56.833 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD are of feet. W (cornice) 40.375 in. (102.5 cm); W (upper case) 37 in. (94.0 cm); W (lower case) 39.75 in. (101.0 cm); D (cornice) 21 in. (53.3 cm); D (upper case) 19.875 in. (50.5 cm); D (lower case) 21.25 in. (54.0 cm); D (feet) 22.375 in. (56.8 cm).

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published: cat. no. 194, pp. 398-400.
[Book] Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig. 182.