Object Number 1993.0055

Object Name

Chest of drawers (High chest)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

Creator (Role)

Eliphalet Chapin (Maker)
1741-1807

Place of Origin

East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut River Valley, United States, North America

Date

1775-1790

Materials

Cherry; Pine, white

Dimensions (inches)

87.125 (H) , 40.25 (W) , 20.125 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

221.298 (H) , 102.24 (W) , 51.118 (D)

Measurement Notes

OH with cartouche; OW and OD are of feet. H (case) 81.25 in. (203.9 cm); W (cornice) 40 in. (101.6 cm); W (upper case) 36.25 in. (91.9 cm); W (lower case) 38.25 in. (97.2 cm); D (cornice) 19.125 in. (48.5 cm); D (upper case) 17 in. (43.2 cm); D (lower case) 18.375 in. (46.7 cm). Extra measurements taken by Stephanie Auffret in March 2014 for Will Neptune at NBSS: overall height from floor to top of pediment scroll: 81" 1/8; height from floor to top of upper case: 71" ¾; height from floor to top of waist molding: 32" ¼, width of upper case, not including cornice molding: 36" 1/8 (at top of case); 36" 1/16 (at bottom of case); height of that section: 38" ½; width of lower case, knee to knee: 40" 3/16 (at largest point of knee) and 38 3/8 above the knees, meaning the width of the lower case; lower case, from top of knee to top of waist molding: 17 ¾

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published: no. 174, pp. 345-48.
[Book] Fennimore, Donald L., et al. 1994 Eye for Excellence: Masterworks from Winterthur.
• Published: pp.84-85.
[Article] Zea, Philip. 1995 "Diversity and Regionalism in Rural New England Furniture". American Furniture. 1995: 69-112.
• Published: pp. 92-93.
[Book] Kugelman, Thomas P., et al. 2005 Connecticut Valley Furniture : Eliphalet Chapin and his contemporaries, 1750-1800.
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[Article] 2001 Shells, Scrolls, & Cabrioles: American Furniture from Winterthur at the Winter Antiques Show. Winterthur Magazine. (December 2001): 35-42.
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