Chest

Furniture

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chest

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.370

Description

Blanket chest: top with drawers; lid with staple (cotterpin) hinges, piece crude molding at each end, lifts to reveal compartment, with indications of till no longer extant, with dowel-hinged cover, upper right interior; rabbeted (shouldered) joints; beneath compartment, two drawers, surrounded by double arch molding; apron bottom cut in shape of cyma reversa curve end to end with cyma recta curve; feet of bench or boot-jack type - extensions of sides - with cut out cyma reversa, cyma recta curves; brasses, 18th c. include bail handles with screw posts; chest red painted with black decoration; front of compartment painted with stylized tree, and bordered with dots, and at sides, scallops; drawers decorated with crude geometric composite flowers, and bordered with dots; sides ornamented with stylized sunflowers.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

circa 1734 - 1767

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

36-1/8 in

Width

41 in

Depth

21 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 36 1/8 x 41 x 21 in. (91.8 x 104.1 x 53.3 cm)

Material

brass, Pine (white)

Condition

Notes

Overall Analysis: 1 1/8" "Dutchman," circular, top; bottom first drawer. Remarks: Details of condition: Till and locks missing.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

Related Entries

Notes

VC.58.559 - Chest - Similar item VC.58.369 - Chest of drawers - Similar item VC.59.414 - Blanket chest - Similar item VC.58.426 - Chest - Similar item

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Van Cortlandt Complex, Ferry House - Daughter's Room