Object Number 1959.2805

Object Name

Chest (Box)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Northampton or Lehigh, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Southeastern Pennsylvania

Date

1790-1810

Materials

Pine; Ash; Paint; Iron

Dimensions (inches)

9.375 (H) , 15.75 (W) , 8.5 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

23.813 (H) , 40.005 (W) , 21.59 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW at base, OD at base.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Little, Nina Fletcher. 1980 Neat and Tidy: Boxes and Their Contents Used in Early American households. 205 p.
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[Article] Schick, Ron. 1982 Pennsylvania German Decorated Furniture. Winterthur Portfolio. November/December
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[Book] Fabian, Monroe H. 1978 The Pennsylvania German Decorated Chest.
• For a related example of a full-size chest, see p. 88, fig. 14.