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On Display: House - Kershner Parlor
Chest of drawers
1830
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Northumberland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Pine, yellow
- Tulip poplar
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1959.2973
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1959.2973
Object Name
Chest of drawers
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Northumberland; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Creation place is the Mahantongo Valley, sometimes defined more precisely as the Schwaben Creek Valley, in Northumberland and Schuylkill Counties.
Date
1830
Materials
- Pine, yellow
- Tulip poplar
- Paint
Dimensions (inches)
50.375 (H) x 43.5 (W) x 21.25 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
127.953 (H) x 110.49 (W) x 53.98 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW at top. OD at top.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: pp. 130-34.Book: Moltmann, Gunter & Bickelmann, Hartmut. 1982 Germans to America: 300 years of immigration, 1683-1983.
Book: Weiser, Frederick S. & Sullivan, Mary Hammond. 1980 Decorated Furniture of the Schwaben Creek Valley. 333-394.
• Published: fig. 25.Book: Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• See pp. 94-98 for more info. and related objects.Book: Reed, Henry M. 1987 Decorated Furniture of the Mahantongo Valley.
• Published: fig. 3, p. 11.Article: Minardi, Lisa. 2011 From Millbach to Mahantongo: Fraktur and Furniture of the Pennsylvania Germans. American Furniture. 2-119.
• For more info. and related objects, see pp. 94-97.