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Chest (Blanket chest)
Johannes Ranck
1790
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Johannes Ranck (Maker)
Place of Origin
Jonestown; Pennsylvania; Lebanon; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Pine
- Tulip poplar
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1967.0783
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1967.0783
Object Name
Chest (Blanket chest)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Johannes Ranck (Maker)
Place of Origin
Jonestown; Pennsylvania; Lebanon; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1790
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: Center vase
Inscription: "Johannes / Ranck / 1790"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Pine
- Tulip poplar
- Paint
Dimensions (inches)
25 (H) x 51.5 (W) x 22 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
63.5 (H) x 130.81 (W) x 55.88 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Falk, Cynthia Gayle. 2008 Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans: Constructing Identity in Early America.
• Published: fig. 91, p. 177.Book: Hutchins, Catherine E., et al. 1983 Arts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
• Published: fig. 85, p. 145.Book: Fabian, Monroe H. 1978 The Pennsylvania German Decorated Chest.
• Published: fig. 212, p. 193. For related examples, see pp. 140-142, 192Article: 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. 280-282.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: 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
• More info. on Ranck family.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.