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On Display: House - Hart Room
Chest of drawers
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Ipswich or Newbury; Massachusetts; Essex; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Oak, red
- Oak, white
- Sycamore
- Maple
- Tulip poplar
- Walnut, black
Museum Object Number
1957.0541
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.0541
Object Name
Chest of drawers
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Ipswich or Newbury; Massachusetts; Essex; New England; United States; North America
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Top drawer, center
Inscription: 1678
Type: Inscription
Location: Panel in center of fourth row from top
Inscription: S/ IM
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Oak, red
- Oak, white
- Sycamore
- Maple
- Tulip poplar
- Walnut, black
Construction Description
According to Trent et al., the Staniford chest has two features that do not occur on other case pieces attributed to this shop: 1.) all the framing members on the back have molded and chamfered decoration on their inside surfaces; 2.) there are two diagonal braces dovetailed to the bottom rails at front and rear whose precise function is unknown.
Dimensions (inches)
42 (H) x 45 (W) x 19.875 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
107 (H) x 114 (W) x 50.48 (D)
Measurement Notes
OH at back corners; OW and OD at top.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Trent, Robert F., et al. 2001 "First Flowers of the Wilderness: Mannerist Furniture from a North Essex County, Massachusetts, Shop". American Furniture. 1-64.
• fig. 1, pp. 3-4Book: Fairbanks, Jonathan L. & Trent, Robert F. 1982 New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century. III. 366-575.
• discussed in cat. no. 488, pp. 530-33.Thesis: Forman, Benno M. 1968 "The Seventeenth-Century Case Furniture of Essex County". M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
Article: Park, Helen. 10//1960 The Seventeenth-Century Furniture of Essex County and its Makers. Antiques. 78 (4): 350-55.
• fig. 4, p. 352