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Chest of drawers (Spice box or chest)
Symonds Shop
1676
Category
Furniture
Creator/Artist/Maker
Symonds Shop (Maker)
Place of Origin
Salem; Massachusetts; Essex; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Oak, red
- Cedar, red
- Walnut, black
- Maple, soft
Museum Object Number
1958.0526
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0526
Object Name
Chest of drawers (Spice box or chest)
Category
Furniture
Creator (Role)
Symonds Shop (Maker)
Place of Origin
Salem; Massachusetts; Essex; New England; United States; North America
Date
1676
Materials
- Oak, red
- Cedar, red
- Walnut, black
- Maple, soft
Dimensions (inches)
17.25 (H) x 17 (W) x 9.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
43.8 (H) x 43 (W) x 24 (D)
Measurement Notes
OW and OD at top.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Willoughby, Martha H. 2000 "Patronage in Early Salem: The Symonds Shops and Their Customers". American Furniture. 2000: 169-84.
• fig. 1, pp. 169, 174, 176Catalogue: Christie's, Inc. 2000 "The Joseph and Bathsheba Pope Valuables Cabinet", New York, January 21, 2000.
Chapter: Trent, Robert F. "The Symonds Shops of Essex County, Massachusetts". Book: 1989 The American Craftsman and the European Tradition. 23-41.
Thesis: Forman, Benno M. 1968 "The Seventeenth-Century Case Furniture of Essex County". M.A. University of Delaware Winterthur Program in Early American Culture
Book: Fairbanks, Jonathan L. & Trent, Robert F. 1982 New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century. III. 366-575.
• Published: V.3, p.527, cat.no. 485