Chest of drawers (Spice box or chest)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Creator (Role):

    Symonds Shop (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1676

  • Materials:

    Oak, red; Cedar, red; Walnut, black; Maple, soft

  • Museum Object Number:

    1958.0526


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1958.0526

Object Name

Chest of drawers (Spice box or chest)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Symonds Shop (Maker)

Place of Origin

Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1676

Materials

Oak, red; Cedar, red; Walnut, black; Maple, soft

Dimensions (inches)

17.25 (H) , 17 (W) , 9.5 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

43.8 (H) , 43 (W) , 24 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD at top.

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Willoughby, Martha H. 2000 "Patronage in Early Salem: The Symonds Shops and Their Customers". American Furniture. 2000: 169-84.
fig. 1, pp. 169, 174, 176
[Catalogue] Christie's, Inc. 2000 "The Joseph and Bathsheba Pope Valuables Cabinet", New York, January 21, 2000.

[Chapter] Trent, Robert F. "The Symonds Shops of Essex County, Massachusetts" [Book] 1989 The American Craftsman and the European Tradition. 23-41.

[Thesis] Forman, Benno M. 1968 "The Seventeenth-Century Case Furniture of Essex County". M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture

[Book] Fairbanks, Jonathan L. & Trent, Robert F. 1982 New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century. III. 366-575.
Published: V.3, p.527, cat.no. 485