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On Display: House - Belle Isle Stair Hall, Lower
Cupboard (Court cupboard)
1684
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Ipswich; Massachusetts; Essex; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Oak, red
- Maple
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1957.0542
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.0542
Object Name
Cupboard (Court cupboard)
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Ipswich; Massachusetts; Essex; New England; United States; North America
Date
1684
Materials
- Oak, red
- Maple
- Paint
Dimensions (inches)
53.625 (H) x 48.5 (W) x 20.375 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
136.21 (H) x 123 (W) x 51.75 (D)
Measurement Notes
OH to front right corner of upper case; OW at lower case shelf; OD to upper case turnings. W (top, upper case) 48.125.
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. 40, pp. 26-28. Trent et al. do no attribute this cupboard to Thomas Dennis, but to an unidentified northern Essex County shop.Article: Park, Helen. 10//1960 The Seventeenth-Century Furniture of Essex County and its Makers. Antiques. 78 (4): 350-55.
• fig. 9, pp. 353-54Article: Lyon, Irving P. 04//1938 The Oak Furniture of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Part 4. Antiques. 33 (4): 198-203.
Book: Nutting, Wallace. 1928 Furniture Treasury.
• fig. 445.