Chest of Drawers

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Chest of Drawers

Entry/Object ID

GHS 2014

Description

Chest-on-chest. Broken scroll pediment top with flame finials. Center cartouche, petaled rosettes. Carved shell and vine on top center drawer. Nine drawers in upper section, four in lower. Fluted corner columns and bracket ogee feet. Scratched inside drawer (1984.25.B): "Lett" (slightly illegible).

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Philadelphia (?JES), PA, USA

Dimensions

Height

94-1/2 in

Width

43 in

Depth

20 in

Material

Walnut, Brass

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Germantown Crier 14(3):74, 12(3):15, 12(4):11, 36(4):90 Horner, W.M, Blue Book: Phila. Furniture: Wm Penn to Geo Washington 1935 Lockwood, L.V., Colonial Furniture in America vols 1&2, 1913 Nutting, Wallace Furniture Treasury, 1928 Furniture in EMM catalogue; Beehive Index

Provenance

Notes

GHS True Accession book #2014: Chest-on-chest, bonnet top, chippendale-walnut (feet missing). Object donated by the Foulke and Long Institute, October 1960.