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Chest of drawers (High chest)
Pimm high chest
John Pimm
1740-1750
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Pimm (Maker)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Maple, soft
- Walnut, black
- Pine, white
- Mahogany
- Brass
Museum Object Number
1957.1084
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1957.1084
Object Name
Chest of drawers (High chest)
Title
Pimm high chest
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
John Pimm (Maker)
Place of Origin
Boston; Massachusetts; Suffolk; New England; United States; North America
Date
1740-1750
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Signature
Location: Back of drawers
Inscription: Inscribed in script (in chalk) on most drawer backs: "Pim"
Type: Mark
Location: Back of brass
Inscription: Stamped on back of one of the brasses: "I.P."
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Maple, soft
- Walnut, black
- Pine, white
- Mahogany
- Brass
Dimensions (inches)
85.25 (H) x 42 (W) x 25.25 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
216.535 (H) x 106.68 (W) x 64.135 (D)
Measurement Notes
OH is with finial. OW is at cornice. OD is at feet.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• cat. no. 160, pp. 307-310.Book: Fairbanks, Jonathan L. & Bates, Elizabeth Bidwell. 1981 American Furniture, 1620 to the present.
• Ill. p. 136.Book: Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• no. 188.Article: Hill, John H. 1976 The History and Technique of Japanning and the Restoration of the Pimm Highboy. The American Art Journal. 8, no. 2 (November)
• pp. 59-84.Article: Fraser (Brazer), Esther Stevens. 1929 A Pedigreed Lacquered Highboy. Antiques. 15, no. 5 (May)
• pp. 398-401.Book: Fennimore, Donald L. 1996 Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection.
• Brasses ill. cat. no. 303, p. 432.Book: Hayward, Helena & Ash, Douglas. 1990 World Furniture: an illustrated history.
• Facing p. 192.Book: Cantor, Jay E. 1985 Winterthur.
• p. 123.Book: Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: pp. 52-57, figure 1.Book: Carr, Dennis. 2015 Made in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia. 159.
• Published: pp. 122-123, fig. 78Article: Lasser, Ethan. 2007 Reading Japanned Furniture. American Furniture.
Manuscript: Fitzgerald, Michelle. "No English About It": Global Reflections Upon a Jappaned High Chest. 1-48
• Copy of the paper is in the object folder in the Registration OfficeBook: Cohen, Sandra. Esther Stevens Brazer.
• Published: p. 66 and 201