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On Display: House - Port Royal Parlor
Chest of drawers (High chest)
1765-1780
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Swietenia
- Tulip poplar
- Oak
- Pine, yellow
- Cedar
- Brass
Museum Object Number
1958.0592
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0592
Object Name
Chest of drawers (High chest)
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Philadelphia; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1765-1780
Materials
- Swietenia
- Tulip poplar
- Oak
- Pine, yellow
- Cedar
- Brass
Dimensions (inches)
90.25 (H) x 45.62 (W) x 25.5 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
229.24 (H) x 115.89 (W) x 64.77 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Oats, Joclyn M. 2022 An Illustrated Guide to Furniture History.
• Published: p. 105, fig. 3.96Book: Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published: no. 195.Book: Hummel, Charles F. 1976 A Winterthur Guide to Chippendale Furniture: Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies.
• Published: fig. 83.Article: 2001 Shells, Scrolls, & Cabrioles: American Furniture from Winterthur at the Winter Antiques Show. Winterthur Magazine. (December 2001): 35-42.
• Published: p. 37Book: Keene, Jennifer D., et al. 2015 Visions of America: A History of the United States (Combined Volume).
Article: Brunk, Andrew J. 2007 Benjamin Randolph Revisited. American Furniture.