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On Display: House - Blue Room
Chest of drawers
William Jones
1785-1790
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
William Jones (Cabinetmaker)
Place of Origin
Charleston; South Carolina; Charleston; South; United States; North America
Materials
- Mahogany
- Pine, white
- Cedar
Museum Object Number
1957.0032.002
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Commander and Mrs. Duncan I. Selfridge
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Object Number
1957.0032.002
Object Name
Chest of drawers
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
William Jones (Cabinetmaker)
Place of Origin
Charleston; South Carolina; Charleston; South; United States; North America
Date
1785-1790
Materials
- Mahogany
- Pine, white
- Cedar
Dimensions (inches)
36.25 (H) x 41 (W) x 23.43 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
92.075 (H) x 104.14 (W) x 59.512 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW at feet and top front corners, OD at top center, D (feet) 23.00 in., D (top corners) 22.75 in.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Montgomery, Charles F., et al. 1966 American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published as fig. no. 142.Article: Bivins, John Franklin. 1997 "The Convergence and Divergence of Three Stylistic Traditions in Charleston Neoclassical Case Furniture, 1785-1800". American Furniture. 1997: 47-105.
• Published as fig. 11-13, pp. 61-63Book: Rauschenberg, Bradford L. & Bivins, John Franklin. 2003 The Furniture of Charleston.
• Published as no. NC-17, pp. 486-492.Electronic: Yale University Art Gallery. Rhode Island Furniture Archive. http://rifa.art.yale.edu/index.htm
• RIF723Web Site: 09/24/2015 Tin-Mercury Amalgam Mirrors - AIC Wiki. 2020 https://www.conservation-wiki.com/wiki/Tin-Mercury_Amalgam_Mirrors