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On Display: House - Kershner Parlor
Chest (Blanket chest)
1785-1810
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Berks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Pine, white
- Paint
- Brass
Museum Object Number
1955.0095.001
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1955.0095.001
Object Name
Chest (Blanket chest)
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Berks; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1785-1810
Materials
- Pine, white
- Paint
- Brass
Dimensions (inches)
28 (H) x 50.625 (W) x 22.75 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
71.12 (H) x 128.59 (W) x 57.79 (D)
Measurement Notes
OD is at the top. OW is at the feet.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published: p. 60, fig. 61.Article: Mass, Jennifer, et al. 09//2005 Materials of the Pennsylvania German Fraktur Artist. Antiques. 168 (3): 128-135.
• Published: p. 128, pl. II.Book: Fabian, Monroe H. 1978 The Pennsylvania German Decorated Chest.
• Published: p. 86, fig. 12; for related examples, see pp. 128-132.Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: pl. 29.Thesis: Keller, Patricia J. 1984 Workmanship, Form and Cultural Identity: The Black-Unicorn Paint-Decorated Chests of Berks County, Pennsylvania. M.A. University of Delaware
• Published: p. 107, fig. 19.Article: Keller, Patricia J. 10//1991 Black-Unicorn Chests of Berks County, Pennsylvania. Antiques. 140 (4): 592-605.
• Published: pp. 596-597, pl. 6.Article: Minardi, Lisa. 2011 From Millbach to Mahantongo: Fraktur and Furniture of the Pennsylvania Germans. American Furniture. 2-119.
• Published: p. 92, fig. 132.Book: Shelley, Donald A. 1961 The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans. 23.
• Published: fig. 287.