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On Display: House - Hart Room
Cupboard (Hanging or wall cupboard)
Savell Shop
1640-1670
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Savell Shop (Maker)
Place of Origin
Hingham; Massachusetts; Plymouth; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Pine, white
- Oak, red
Museum Object Number
1960.0045
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1960.0045
Object Name
Cupboard (Hanging or wall cupboard)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Savell Shop (Maker)
Place of Origin
Hingham; Massachusetts; Plymouth; New England; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Formerly erroneously identified as a product of the Savell shop tradition, Braintree, MA. Peter Follansbee attributes this cupboard to a yet-to-be-identified joiner working in Hingham or Scituate, Plymouth Co., MA
Date
1640-1670
Materials
- Pine, white
- Oak, red
Construction Description
Cupboard has clear evidence of drawboring - pegs are driven through holes intentionally offset, which made the joints draw together tightly.
Dimensions (inches)
30 (H) x 32.5 (W) x 19.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
76.2 (H) x 82.55 (W) x 49.53 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW and OD at cornice.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Follansbee, Peter & Alexander, John D. 1996 "Seventeenth-Century Joinery from Braintree, Massachusetts: The Savell Shop Tradition". American Furniture. 1996: 81-104.
• figs. 2, 5-6, pp. 83-85Article: Follansbee, Peter. 2002 "Manuscripts, Marks, and Material Culture: Sources for Understanding the Joiner's Trade in Seventeenth-Century America". American Furniture. 2002: 125-146.
• figs. 28-29, pp. 137-38