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Chest of drawers (Chest on chest)
Reuben Beman Jr.
1795-1799
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Reuben Beman Jr. (Artist)
Place of Origin
New Marlborough; Massachusetts; Berkshire; Housatonic River Valley; United States; North America
Materials
- Cherry
- Pine, white
- Oak, white
- Brass
Museum Object Number
1951.0022
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1951.0022
Object Name
Chest of drawers (Chest on chest)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Reuben Beman Jr. (Artist)
Place of Origin
New Marlborough; Massachusetts; Berkshire; Housatonic River Valley; United States; North America
Date
1795-1799
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: On backboard
Inscription: In chalk handwriting "Reuben Beman Junr"
Type: Inscription
Location: On backboard
Inscription: In pencil handwriting "Sold + repaired by/ John S Walton, Riverside, Conn/ June 6, 1949"
Type: Inscription
Location: On backboard
Inscription: In pencil handwriting "Bought Dec. 1801 [hand no. 1]/ Repert April 1889 Watkins Bros [hand no. 2]/ [Repaired] March 1927 [Watkins Bros] [hand no. 3]/ Repiared [sic] by Watkins Bros/ March 1927/ E H Buckland [hand no. 4]"
Type: Inscription
Location: Inner backboard
Inscription: In pencil handwriting "Newmarlborough"
Type: Inscription
Location: Right side inner case
Inscription: In chalk handwriting "Newmarlborough"
Type: Inscription
Location: Outside back of lower right drawer
Inscription: Inscribed on outside back of lower right small drawer (in pencil): "Sold + refinished by John S Walton/ Post Rd. Riverside, Conn/ June 6, 1949. all original except/ brass on 3 long drawers/ Made by Rueben [sic] Beman, Kent, Conn./ in 1790-1800".
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Cherry
- Pine, white
- Oak, white
- Brass
Dimensions (inches)
87.875 (H) x 40 (W) x 20 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
223.203 (H) x 101.6 (W) x 50.8 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW and OD are of feet. W (cornice) 40 in. (101.6 cm); W (upper case) 38.25 in. (97.2 cm); W (lower case) 40.25 in. (102.2 cm); D (cornice) 20 in. (50.8 cm); D (upper case) 19 in. (48.2 cm); D (lower case) 19.875 in. (50.5 cm)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Apicella, Mary Ann. 2000 The Lum Chest: A Connecticut Yankee in Scotland?. Regional Furniture. XIV
• Published: Pp 90-91, Fig. 3Chapter: Bray, Derin. Litchfield County Joiners. Book: 2008 To Please Any Taste: Litchfield County Furniture and Furniture Makers, 1780-1730.
• p. 24 (referenced only).Book: Butler, Joseph T. 1973 American Furniture from the First Colonies to World War I.
• Published: p. 65Book: Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig. 181Book: Kassay, John. The Book of Shaker Furniutre.
• p. 140, footnote 5, referenced onlyArticle: Montgomery, Charles F. 03//1968 Country Furniture. Antiques.
• Published: p. 358Book: Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published: cat. no. 195, pp. 401-04.Article: 05//1952 A Selection of American Furniture. Antiques.
• Published: p. 428