1965.2256 Chest
  • 1965.2256 Chest
  • Enlarge

  •        

Chest (Box)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1773

  • Materials:

    Walnut; Tulip poplar; Sulfur; Iron

  • Museum Object Number:

    1965.2256


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1965.2256

Object Name

Chest (Box)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

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

Date

1773

Materials

Walnut; Tulip poplar; Sulfur; Iron

Dimensions (inches)

7.25 (H) , 14.75 (W) , 8.625 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

18.415 (H) , 37.465 (W) , 21.907 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD are at top.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
Published: fig. 22, p.81.
[Article] Fabian, Monroe H. 1977 Sulfur Inlay in Pennsylvania German Furniture. Pennsylvania Folklife. (Fall)
Published: fig. 4, p. 4.
[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
Published: p. 67, fig. 68.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
Published: p. xxi, fig. 12 and p. 229, fig. 12
[Book] Barons, Richard I. 1982 The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehannah Valley.
Published: p. 133.