Chest
Decorative Arts and Design
CULTURE
American
MEDIUM
Decorated pine
DATES
1710â1725
DIMENSIONS
28 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 43 in. (72.4 x 47 x 109.2 cm) (show scale)
MARKINGS
no marks
SIGNATURE
no signature
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptons
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
66.70
CREDIT LINE
H. Randolph Lever Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Decorated pine blanket chest with one drawer. The legs are cut in a simple half-circle from the end boards. A two-part half-round molding is used at either end of the front and to separate the drawer from the chest area. Below the drawer a thick plain molding is attached. The chest is decorated with an overall floral pattern which consists of a plant or tree-of-life and begins at the bottom of the center of the drawer and branches out over the drawer and chest area in a simple white line terminating at many places in petal flowers and tulip forms. The sides are plain, stained the same reddish-brown as the front. The mustard center, and the round - petalled flowers have blue petals with a brasses, in the original holes, are in the Queen Anne style. It was made in Taunton, Massachusetts.
Condition: Completely worn and rotted where the lock originally was, otherwise minor wear but condition essentially good.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
American. Chest, 1710â1725. Decorated pine, 28 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 43 in. (72.4 x 47 x 109.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 66.70. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 66.70_acetate_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
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