Object Number 1964.0862

Object Name

Box

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Jonas Weber (Maker)
1810-1876

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

This box was likely made in East Earl Township or Leacock Township, Lancaster County.

Date

1830-1850

Materials

Pine; Paint; Tinned sheet iron

Dimensions (inches)

2 (H) , 3.625 (W) , 2.25 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

5.08 (H) , 9.207 (W) , 5.715 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at side, OD at top.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Barons, Richard I. 1982 The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehannah Valley.
• Published: p. 155.
[Book] Hess, Clarke. 2001 Mennonite Arts.
• See figure 109 for a similar chest, and figures 110 and 111, p. 67, for other objects attributed to Jonas Weber.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• See p. 37 for more works by Weber.