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On Display: House - Pennsylvania German Bedroom
Chest (Blanket chest)
Johannes Ranck
1800
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Johannes Ranck (Maker)
Place of Origin
Jonestown; Pennsylvania; Lebanon; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Pine, white
- Iron
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1967.0760
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1967.0760
Object Name
Chest (Blanket chest)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Johannes Ranck (Maker)
Place of Origin
Jonestown; Pennsylvania; Lebanon; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Jonestown is located in Bethel Township.
Date
1800
Materials
- Pine, white
- Iron
- Paint
Dimensions (inches)
22.25 (H) x 51.875 (W) x 22.75 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
56.515 (H) x 131.762 (W) x 57.785 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW at front feet, OD at top.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 86.Article: Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 1925 Pennsylvania Bride Boxes and Dower Chests, Part II: County Types of Chests. Antiques. 8 (2)
• For related examples, see p. 83.Article: Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 1927 Pennsylvania German Dower Chests, Part III. Antiques. 11 (6)
• For related examples and more info., see pp. 474-476.Article: Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 04//1927 Pennsylvania German Dower Chests, Part II. Antiques. 11 (4)
• For related examples and more info., see pp. 280-283.Article: Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 02//1927 Pennsylvania German Dower Chests Signed by the Decorators. Antiques. 11 (2)
• For related examples and more info., see pp. 119-123.Book: Fabian, Monroe H. 1978 The Pennsylvania German Decorated Chest.
• Published: p. 141, fig. 108. For related examples, see pp. 140-142, 192-193.Book: Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• For related examples and more info., see pp. 89-92.Thesis: Perkins, Stephen. 2001 Command You Me From Play Every Minute of the Day. M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
• Published: figs. 8,9, 13-16 on pp. 59, 60, 64-67.Article: Rohland, Gretchen Krause. 2010 The Craftsmen of Decorated Dower Chests, Tall Case Clocks, and Fancy Woven Coverlets of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Lebanon County Historical Society. 19 (4): 1-56.
• Published: p. 13.Book: Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 1940 Early American Decoration.
• Discussion of Oil-painted Boxes and Chests, pp. 137-141; and similar chest illus. pp. 248-250