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Chest of drawers (High chest)
1736
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
South Windsor; Connecticut; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Maple, soft
- Pine, yellow
- Brass
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1954.0507
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1954.0507
Object Name
Chest of drawers (High chest)
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
South Windsor; Connecticut; New England; United States; North America
Date
1736
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: on left side, upper left corner;
Inscription: "1736" inscribed (in yellow paint)
Type: Inscription
Location: inside left drawer, lower case
Inscription: inscribed (in pencil); "JH," "L", (illegible) and "H"
Type: Label
Location: inside upper case bottom drawer and lower case center drawer
Inscription: on modern gummed paper label with dark blue border : "CONNECTICUT TERCENTENARY" inscribed (in dark blue ink); also inscribed (in black ink) on same label: "C.T. 296B/ Mrs. Olive A. Jones/ for Jones Estate".
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Maple, soft
- Pine, yellow
- Brass
- Paint
Dimensions (inches)
61 (H) x 41.375 (W) x 25.625 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
154.94 (H) x 105.093 (W) x 65.088 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW and OD is at knees.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Cummings, J. L. 10//1938 Painted Chests from the Connecticut Valley. Antiques. 192-193.
• Discusses three other similarly painted examples from the Windsor area iincluding the high chest in the Met’s collection.Book: Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: Downs, no. 186Book: Fales, Dean A. Jr., et al. 1972 American Painted Furniture, 1660-1880.
• Published: p. 62.Book: Heckscher, Morrison H. 1985 American Furniture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art II Late Colonial Period: The Queen Anne and Chippendale Styles.
• Pages 234-235. Catalogues the comparable chest in the Met’s collection. This example sharesArticle: Hummel, Charles F. 06//1970 Queen Anne and Chippendale Furniture in the Henry Francis du Pont Museum, Part 1. Antiques. 97 (6)
• Published: 897Book: Kugelman, Thomas P., et al. 2005 Connecticut Valley Furniture : Eliphalet Chapin and his contemporaries, 1750-1800.
• Published: No. 1, p. 19Article: Kugelman, Thomas P., et al. 03//1993 The Hartford Case Furniture Survey. Maine Antiques Digest.
• Published: p. 146Book: Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published: cat. no. 161, pp. 311-313Book: Stiles, Henry R. 1893 The History of Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Connecticut.
• Provides detailed genealogical histories of colonial families located in Windsor,Article: 09//1946 The Magazine Antiques. Antiques. 146.
• Published: First National Bank of Hartford advertisement, Antiques 50, no. 3 (September 1946): 147;Article: Zea, Philip. 1995 "Diversity and Regionalism in Rural New England Furniture". American Furniture. 1995: 69-112.
• Published: Fig. 23