//
For internal use only
Not On Display
Chest (Blanket chest)
Johannes Ranck
1794
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Johannes Ranck (Maker)
Place of Origin
Jonestown; Pennsylvania; Lebanon; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Pine
- Tulip poplar
Museum Object Number
1959.2151
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
Share Object
Complete Details
Object Number
1959.2151
Object Name
Chest (Blanket chest)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Johannes Ranck (Maker)
Place of Origin
Jonestown; Pennsylvania; Lebanon; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Jonestown; Lebanon Co. (previously part of Dauphin Co.)
Date
1794
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: front of chest in arches
Inscription: Johannes/Rank/1794
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Pine
- Tulip poplar
Construction Description
The hardware appears to be original.
Dimensions (inches)
23.5 (H) x 51.5 (W) x 22.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
59.69 (H) x 130.81 (W) x 57.15 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW at top, OD at top.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Catalogue: Gunter Moltmann, et al. 1983 Germans to America: 300 Years of Immigration, 1683-1983.
Thesis: Perkins, Stephen. 2001 Command You Me From Play Every Minute of the Day. M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
• Published: fig. 17, p. 68.Book: Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• On the Ranck family, see pp. 89-92.Book: Fabian, Monroe H. 1978 The Pennsylvania German Decorated Chest.
• For related examples, see pp. 140-142.Article: Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 02//1927 Pennsylvania German Dower Chests Signed by the Decorators. Antiques. 11 (2)
• For related examples and additional info., see pp. 119-123.Article: Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 04//1927 Pennsylvania German Dower Chests, Part II. Antiques. 11 (4)
• For related examples and additional info., see pp. 180-182.Article: Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 1927 Pennsylvania German Dower Chests, Part III. Antiques. 11 (6)
• For related examples and additional info., see pp. 474-476.Article: Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 1925 Pennsylvania Bride Boxes and Dower Chests, Part II: County Types of Chests. Antiques. 8 (2)
• For related examples, see p. 83.Article: Moore, J. Roderick. 09//1982 Painted Chests from Wythe County, Virginia. Antiques. 122 (3): 516-521.
• Published: fig. 8 on p. 521.Article: Rohland, Gretchen Krause. 2010 The Craftsmen of Decorated Dower Chests, Tall Case Clocks, and Fancy Woven Coverlets of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Lebanon County Historical Society. 19 (4): 1-56.
• Published: p. 8.