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Chest (Blanket chest)
Christian Seltzer
1796
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Christian Seltzer (Maker)
Place of Origin
Jonestown; Pennsylvania; Lebanon; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Pine, hard
- Pine, white
- Tulip poplar
- Paint
- Iron
Museum Object Number
1959.2803
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.2803
Object Name
Chest (Blanket chest)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Christian Seltzer (Maker)
Place of Origin
Jonestown; Pennsylvania; Lebanon; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Date
1796
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: Proper left urn
Inscription: "Chris / tian Seltzer / Im [ill.]ar / 1796."
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Pine, hard
- Pine, white
- Tulip poplar
- Paint
- Iron
Construction Description
Feet restored.
Dimensions (inches)
23.5 (H) x 52.126 (W) x 22.75 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
59.69 (H) x 132.4 (W) x 57.785 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW and OD are at feet.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published in plate 15.Book: Fabian, Monroe H. 1978 The Pennsylvania German Decorated Chest.
• Published: fig. 211, p. 192.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. 18, p. 69.Thesis: Falk, Cynthia Gayle. 2000 Constructing Identity through Belongings and Buildings: Pennsylvania Germans in the New Nation. Ph.D. University of Delaware
Book: Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Published: fig. 2.47, pp. 90 and 247.Article: Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 02//1927 Pennsylvania German Dower Chests Signed by the Decorators. Antiques. 11 (2)
• Published: figs. 5 and 5a, p. 122.Article: Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 04//1927 Pennsylvania German Dower Chests, Part II. Antiques. 11 (4)
• For related examples and additional info., see pp. 280-283.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: 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. 9.Book: Barons, Richard I. 1982 The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehannah Valley.
• Published: p. 138.Article: Minardi, Lisa. 2013 Philadelphia, Funriture, and the Pennsylvania Germans: A Reevaluation. American Furniture. 196-292.
• Published: p. 201, fig. 8.Book: Cohen, Sandra. Esther Stevens Brazer.
• Published: p. 200