Chest of drawers

Furniture

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Chest of drawers

Entry/Object ID

MP.94.929

Description

An Empire dresser with three long drawers (bottom two with rosette brass pulls and key holes; top one is simple and rounded); veneered with mahogany (secondary woods of popular and pine). The rounded drawer is beautifully veneered with mahogany crotch wood as are the two lower drawers. These drawers are flanked by stout engaged turned and carved columns resting on a plinth, terminating in huge leafy lion-paw feet with sharply defined claws. The carving and turnings consist of a torus-shaped turning; a baluster shaped turning with horizontal rough marks; a torus-shaped turning with a leaf and stem motif running horizontally across; a cylindrical turning with an angled acanthus leaf carving; a reel turning. The columns were turned, split in two and put in place. There are two turned hind legs consisting of a reel, an inverted baluster-shape, and a ball foot.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1830

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

36-1/2 in

Width

36 in

Depth

19 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 36 1/2 x 36 x 19 in. (92.7 x 91.4 x 48.3 cm)

Material

Pine, Tulip poplar, brass, Mahogany veneer, Mahogany

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of Condition: Some of the veneering is flaking or gone. Some minor scrapes and chips from useage. A major crack on the top--where looking glass had been. An oblong swing action mirror by "S" scroll legs over a stand with three drawers originally rested on top of dresser and was put out on loan for an exhibition at Philipsburg Manor.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Unknown

General Notes

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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