Object Number 1967.0928

Object Name

Box

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 is probably Lancaster County.

Date

1800-1840

Materials

Cedar, white; Paint; Tinned sheet iron

Dimensions (inches)

2.5 (H) , 9.5 (W) , 8.375 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

6.35 (H) , 24.13 (W) , 21.273 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD are at the top.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Published: fig. 1.55, pp. 37 and 237.
[Book] Hess, Clarke. 2001 Mennonite Arts.
• For a related example, see p. 29.
[Book] Garvan, Beatrice B. 1982 The Pennsylvania German Collection.
• For related examples, see p. 11, nos. 6-7.
[Book] Barons, Richard I. 1982 The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehannah Valley.
• Published: p. 152.