1965.2262 Schrank (view 2)
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Schrank (Clothes cupboard)

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1768

  • Materials:

    Walnut, black; Sulfur; Iron; Brass

  • Museum Object Number:

    1965.2262


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1965.2262

Object Name

Schrank (Clothes cupboard)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

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

Origin Notes

Origin probably Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Date

1768

Materials

Walnut, black; Sulfur; Iron; Brass

Dimensions (inches)

88.5 (H) , 71.375 (W) , 30.5 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

224.79 (H) , 181.293 (W) , 77.47 (D)

Measurement Notes

OD at cornice.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
Published on p. 70, fig. 73.
[Book] Barons, Richard I. 1982 The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehannah Valley.
Published: p. 134.
[Article] Butler, Joseph T. 1983 The Kast and the Schrank. Art and Antiques Magazine. (Jan.-Feb.): 65-71.
Published: cover and p. 70.
[Book] Cantor, Jay E. 1985 Winterthur.
Published: p. 184.
[Catalogue] Collins, Steven. 1978 The Folk Arts of the Susquehanna & Chenango River Valleys.

[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
Published: fig. 2.30, p. 81.
[Article] Fabian, Monroe H. 1977 Sulfur Inlay in Pennsylvania German Furniture. Pennsylvania Folklife. (Fall)
Published: fig. 3, p. 3.
[Book] Fabian, Monroe H. 1978 The Pennsylvania German Decorated Chest.
For related inlay, see p. 112, fig. 57.
[Book] Fairbanks, Jonathan L. & Bates, Elizabeth Bidwell. 1981 American Furniture, 1620 to the present.
Related example.
[Book] Falk, Cynthia Gayle. 2008 Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans: Constructing Identity in Early America.
Published: p. 190.
[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.
Published: checklist no. 115, plate no. 103 and pps. 153, 180.
[Book] Garvan, Beatrice B. 1982 The Pennsylvania German Collection.
Related example, pp. 32-33.
[Book] Hess, Clarke. 2001 Mennonite Arts.
Related example, fig. 49, pp. 36-37.
[Book] Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
Published: fig. 101.
[Article] Landrey, Greg J. 1996 "Furniture with a Secret: Hidden Compartments Designed to Deceive". American Woodworker. (April)
Published: p. 50.
[Book] Lasansky, Jeannette. 1990 A Good Start: The Aussteier or Dowry.
Published: p. 73.
[Article] Lichten, Frances. 02//1960 A masterpiece of Pennsylvania-German furniture. Antiques. 77: 176-178.
Published: illustrated on p. 178.
[Book] Madigan, Mary Jean & Colgan, Susan. 1983 Early American furniture from settlement to city: aspects from form, style, and regional designs from 1620-1830.

[Article] Minardi, Lisa. 2015 Sulfur Inlay in Pennsylvania German Furniture: New Discoveries. American Furniture.

[Book] Shea, John Gerald. 1980 The Pennsylvania Germans and their Furniture.