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On Display: House - Port Royal Bedroom
Desk and bookcase
1770-1790
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Lancaster; Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Cherry
- Tulip poplar
- Brass
Museum Object Number
1951.0056
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1951.0056
Object Name
Desk and bookcase
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Lancaster; Pennsylvania; Lancaster; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1770-1790
Materials
- Cherry
- Tulip poplar
- Brass
Dimensions (inches)
103.5 (H) x 44.625 (W) x 23.62 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
262.89 (H) x 113.348 (W) x 60.01 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW is at feet. OD is at knees. D (feet) 23.25 in.; D (cornice) 12.875 in.; D (upper case) 10.75 in.; D (lower case) 21.5 in.; W (lower case) 42 in.; D (lower case with desk open) 37 in.; W (upper case) 39.25 in.; W (knees) 44.5 in.;
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. Paint, Pattern & People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania 1725-1850.
• Published: figs. 2.68-2.70, pp. 104-105, 250-251. See also fn. 175-180, pp. 214-215.Catalogue: Garvan, Beatrice B. & Hummel, Charles F. 1982 The Pennsylvania Germans: a celebration of their arts, 1683-1850. An exhibition organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 94, plate no. 78, pp. 112 and 179Book: Hummel, Charles F. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chippendale Furniture: Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies.
• Published: figs. 87 and 87 aArticle: Snyder, John J. 05//1974 The Bachman Attributions: A Reconsideration. Antiques. 1056-1064.
• Published: fig. 1 and pl. 1, pp. 1056 and 1058.Article: Cooper, Wendy A. & Minardi, Lisa. 2011 Paint, Pattern, and People. Antiques. 160-169.
• Published: p. 166Article: Snyder, John J. 05//1984 New Discoveries in Documented Lancaster County Chippendale Furniture. Antiques. 125 (5)
Article: Snyder, John J. 05//1975 Carved Chippendale case furniture from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Antiques. 107 (5): 964-975.
Thesis: Falk, Cynthia Gayle. 2000 Constructing Identity through Belongings and Buildings: Pennsylvania Germans in the New Nation. Ph.D. University of Delaware
• Ph.D. diss., University of DelawareBook: Falk, Cynthia Gayle. 2008 Architecture and Artifacts of the Pennsylvania Germans: Constructing Identity in Early America.
• Published: fig. 92, p. 178.Book: Barons, Richard I. 1982 The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehannah Valley.
• Published: p. 128.Article: Landrey, Greg J. 05//1983 Straightening Up an Old Secretary; What Winterthur conservators do about 200 years of sag. Fine Woodworking. (May/June 1983): 66-69.
• Published: pp. 66-69