Object Number 1964.0965

Object Name

Spice box (Spice chest)

Category

Furniture

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

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

Date

1744-1744

Materials

Walnut; Holly; Cherry; Tulip poplar; Cedar, white; Brass

Dimensions (inches)

19.25 (H) , 15.5 (W) , 13.5 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

48.895 (H) , 39.37 (W) , 34.29 (D)

Measurement Notes

OW and OD are at the top.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Griffith, Lee Ellen. 1986 The Pennsylvania Spice Box.
• Published: cat. no. 32, pp. 100-01.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Published: fig. 1.13, pp. 12 and 230
[Thesis] Griffith, Lee Ellen. 1988 Line-and-Berry Inlaid Furniture: A Regional Craft Tradition in Pennsylvania, 1682-1790. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
• Published: p. 123, fig. 98.
[Article] Griffith, Lee Ellen. 1989 "The line-and-berry inlaid furniture of eighteenth-century Chester County, Pennsylvania". Antiques and Fine Art. (May)
• Published: p. 1207, pl. 9.