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Chest of drawers
1770-1790
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Colchester-Norwich Area; Connecticut; Northern New London; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Cherry
- Chestnut
- Tulip poplar
Museum Object Number
1958.2426
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.2426
Object Name
Chest of drawers
Category
Furniture
Place of Origin
Colchester-Norwich Area; Connecticut; Northern New London; New England; United States; North America
Date
1770-1790
Materials
- Cherry
- Chestnut
- Tulip poplar
Dimensions (inches)
35.75 (H) x 40 (W) x 20 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
90.805 (H) x 101.6 (W) x 50.8 (D)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Hummel, Charles F. 1971 Queen Anne and Chippendale Furniture in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Part 3. Antiques. 99 (1): 92.
• Published: pp. 102-3, fig. 9Book: Lockwood, Luke Vincent & Tercentary Commission of the State of Connecticut. 1935 Three Centuries of Connecticut Furniture, 1635-1935. 78.
• Published: no. 312Article: Lovell, Margaretta Markle. 07//1980 The Blockfront: Its Development in Boston, Newport, and Connecticut. Fine Woodworking.
• Pubished: p. 45, fig. 3Article: Norton, Malcolm A. 02//1923 More Light on the Blockfront. Antiques.
• Published: p. 63, fig. 3.Book: Nutting, Wallace. 1928 Furniture Treasury.
• Published: no. 276Book: Richards, Nancy E. & Evans, Nancy Goyne. 1997 New England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods.
• Published: cat. no. 181, pp. 367-68.Catalogue: 1979 Connecticut Furniture, 1700-1800.
• Published: p. 23Book: Kugelman, Thomas P., et al. 2005 Connecticut Valley Furniture : Eliphalet Chapin and his contemporaries, 1750-1800.
• Pages 201-282 provides a valuable survey of the Colchester style