Chest of Drawers

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Chest of Drawers

1685-1700

Artist/maker unknown, American

Immigrant craftsmen brought traditional skills and patterns, derived from prior training and experience, to colonial Pennsylvania. This chest, one of the earliest surviving examples made in Philadelphia, combines aspects of Dutch, English, and Welsh cabinetmaking design. The applied geometric molding of its drawers is similar to those found on late seventeenth-century Anglo-Dutch chests, wardrobes, and architectural woodwork.

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Object Details

Title:

Chest of Drawers

Date:

1685-1700

Artist:

Artist/maker unknown, American

Medium:

Walnut, oak, tulip poplar; brass (mostly replaced)

Dimensions:

38 1/2 × 45 1/2 × 23 1/4 inches (97.8 × 115.6 × 59.1 cm)

Classification:

Furniture/Furnishings

Credit Line:

Purchased with the J. Stogdell Stokes Fund, 1969

Accession Number:

1969-133-1

Geography:

Made in Pennsylvania, Southeastern, United States, North and Central America

Context:

Period: Colonial

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