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Chest of drawers (Chest on chest)
1730-1750
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Woodbury; Connecticut; Lower Housatonic River Valley; United States; North America
Materials
- Cherry
- Butternut
- Pine, white
- Sweet gum
- Tulip poplar
- Birch
- Brass
Museum Object Number
1958.1742
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.1742
Object Name
Chest of drawers (Chest on chest)
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Woodbury; Connecticut; Lower Housatonic River Valley; United States; North America
Origin Notes
Richards and Evans believe that this chest is probably a product of Stratford, Connecticut.
Date
1730-1750
Materials
- Cherry
- Butternut
- Pine, white
- Sweet gum
- Tulip poplar
- Birch
- Brass
Dimensions (inches)
86.5 (H) x 42.25 (W) x 23.12 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
219.71 (H) x 107.315 (W) x 58.725 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published as cat. no. 192, pp. 390-93.Book: Downs, Joseph & du Pont, Henry Francis. 1952 American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published as fig. 179.Article: Cooke, Edward S. 01//1984 Craftsman-Client Relations in the Housatonic Valley, 1720-1800. Antiques. 125 (1)
• Published on p. 273.Book: Kirk, John T. 1982 American Furniture and the British Tradition to 1830.
• Published as fig. 636.Article: 1987 "The Wayland Chest: Early Georgian Furniture in Boston.". Maine Antiques Digest. (March)
• Published as fig. 15, on p. 13-C.