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Schrank (Clothes cupboard)
1768
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Walnut, black
- Sulfur
- Iron
- Brass
Museum Object Number
1965.2262
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1965.2262
Object Name
Schrank (Clothes cupboard)
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Origin probably Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Date
1768
Materials
- Walnut, black
- Sulfur
- Iron
- Brass
Dimensions (inches)
88.5 (H) x 71.375 (W) x 30.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
224.79 (H) x 181.293 (W) x 77.47 (D)
Measurement Notes
OD at cornice.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Ames, Kenneth L. 1977 Beyond Necessity: Art in the Folk Tradition.
• Published on p. 70, fig. 73.Book: Barons, Richard I. 1982 The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehannah Valley.
• Published: p. 134.Article: Butler, Joseph T. 1983 The Kast and the Schrank. Art and Antiques Magazine. (Jan.-Feb.): 65-71.
• Published: cover and p. 70.Book: Cantor, Jay E. 1985 Winterthur.
• Published: p. 184.Catalogue: Collins, Steven. 1978 The Folk Arts of the Susquehanna & Chenango River Valleys.
Book: Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Published: fig. 2.30, p. 81.Article: Fabian, Monroe H. 1977 Sulfur Inlay in Pennsylvania German Furniture. Pennsylvania Folklife. (Fall)
• Published: fig. 3, p. 3.Book: Fabian, Monroe H. 1978 The Pennsylvania German Decorated Chest.
• For related inlay, see p. 112, fig. 57.Book: Fairbanks, Jonathan L. & Bates, Elizabeth Bidwell. 1981 American Furniture, 1620 to the present.
• Related example.Book: Falk, Cynthia Gayle. 2008 Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans: Constructing Identity in Early America.
• Published: p. 190.Catalogue: Garvan, Beatrice B. & Hummel, Charles F. 1982 The Pennsylvania Germans: a celebration of their arts, 1683-1850. An exhibition organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: checklist no. 115, plate no. 103 and pps. 153, 180.Book: Garvan, Beatrice B. 1982 The Pennsylvania German Collection.
• Related example, pp. 32-33.Book: Hess, Clarke. 2001 Mennonite Arts.
• Related example, fig. 49, pp. 36-37.Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 101.Article: Landrey, Greg J. 1996 "Furniture with a Secret: Hidden Compartments Designed to Deceive". American Woodworker. (April)
• Published: p. 50.Book: Lasansky, Jeannette. 1990 A Good Start: The Aussteier or Dowry.
• Published: p. 73.Article: Lichten, Frances. 02//1960 A masterpiece of Pennsylvania-German furniture. Antiques. 77: 176-178.
• Published: illustrated on p. 178.Book: Madigan, Mary Jean & Colgan, Susan. 1983 Early American furniture from settlement to city: aspects from form, style, and regional designs from 1620-1830.
Article: Minardi, Lisa. 2015 Sulfur Inlay in Pennsylvania German Furniture: New Discoveries. American Furniture.
Book: Shea, John Gerald. 1980 The Pennsylvania Germans and their Furniture.