Pipe Box

Object/Artifact

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Pipe Box

Entry/Object ID

2002.036.1

Description

One replica pipe box made by GCM cabinetmaker Jim Altemus and grain painted by his wife Carol. It is designed to rest on a mantel or a table, not hang from a wall. It has two drawers each with a wooden knob and is painted to simulate tiger-maple wood. It has six 1/2" holes in the top to accommodate six long-stemmed pipes. The style is Georgian, mid-18th century, having a broken pediment design incorporated in the crest rail. This piece was generally copied from an original pipe box illustrated in plate #8 of Russell Hawes Kettell's book "The Pine Furniture of Early New England", copyrighted in 1929

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Jim Altemus/Carol Altemus

Date made

2002

Place

Hamlet

Mumford

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

16-3/4 in

Width

7 in

Depth

5-7/8 in

Material

Wood