Reproduction Connecticut Chest of Drawers (Kindel)
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Chest of drawers

  • Category:

    Furniture

  • Place of Origin:

    Colchester-Norwich Area, Northern New London, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1770-1790

  • Materials:

    Cherry; Chestnut; Tulip poplar

  • Museum Object Number:

    1958.2426


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1958.2426

Object Name

Chest of drawers

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Colchester-Norwich Area, Northern New London, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Date

1770-1790

Materials

Cherry; Chestnut; Tulip poplar

Dimensions (inches)

35.75 (H) , 40 (W) , 20 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

90.805 (H) , 101.6 (W) , 50.8 (D)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Hummel, Charles F. 1971 Queen Anne and Chippendale Furniture in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Part 3. Antiques. 99 (1): 92.
Published: pp. 102-3, fig. 9
[Book] Lockwood, Luke Vincent & Tercentary Commission of the State of Connecticut. 1935 Three Centuries of Connecticut Furniture, 1635-1935. 78.
Published: no. 312
[Article] Lovell, Margaretta Markle. 07//1980 The Blockfront: Its Development in Boston, Newport, and Connecticut. Fine Woodworking.
Pubished: p. 45, fig. 3
[Article] Norton, Malcolm A. 02//1923 More Light on the Blockfront. Antiques.
Published: p. 63, fig. 3.
[Book] Nutting, Wallace. 1928 Furniture Treasury.
Published: no. 276
[Book] Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
Published: cat. no. 181, pp. 367-68.
[Catalogue] 1979 Connecticut Furniture, 1700-1800.
Published: p. 23
[Book] Kugelman, Thomas P., et al. 2005 Connecticut Valley Furniture : Eliphalet Chapin and his contemporaries, 1750-1800.
Pages 201-282 provides a valuable survey of the Colchester style