Cellarette

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Cellarette

Entry/Object ID

MP.87.73

Description

Coffer-shaped cellarette, dark, highly-figured veneer, on four brass casters: domed square, stepped lid with curving, flaring profile and mitered corners; base roughly echoes profile of lid in reverse; heavy, stepped base flares upward with a C-shaped profile at each corner; escutcheon in upper center; interior divided into four sections, top held open by replaced, collapsible, two part hinge; pine bottom.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1800 - 1867 Date made: r. 1800 - 1867

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

19-1/2 in

Width

27 in

Depth

27 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 27 x 27 in. (49.5 x 68.6 x 68.6 cm)

Material

Mahogany, brass, Pine

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Right hinge and collapsible hinge replaced; all over scarring and cracking of surface; key extant.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

The object was displayed on the dining room table for the 2013 "Silver Anniversary" season [Jessa Krick, 12/3/2013].

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Montgomery Place, General's Bedroom