High Chest of Drawers

Furniture

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Lincoln County Historical Association

Name/Title

High Chest of Drawers

Description

Flat top high chest of drawers. Two chest case piece with the upper case set upon a lower case supported by Queen Anne cabriole legs with pad feet. Drawer fronts and legs cherry. Sides of cases tiger maple. Secondary wood is white pine. The upper case contains a shallow, wide drawer below the uppermost section of the cornice.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

American, unknown

Role

Cabinetmaker

Date made

1725 - 1740

Time Period

19th Century

Place

Region

Northern New England

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Notes

Could have been made anywhere from the Massachusetts highlands or across southern New Hampshire or into southern Maine (then the eastern province of Massachusetts)

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

None

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Upper Case

Height

87 cm

Width

94.3 cm

Depth

47.6 cm

Dimension Description

Frieze of the upper case

Height

6.4 cm

Width

99.7 cm

Depth

7 cm

Dimension Notes

The depth is only that of the moulding (not the entire depth of the drawer)

Dimension Description

Entablature

Depth

52.7 cm

Length

104.5 cm

Dimension Description

Lower Case

Height

90.2 cm

Width

98.4 cm

Depth

49.5 cm

Dimension Description

Moulding of lower case

Width

100.3 cm

Depth

51.8 cm

Material

Wood (maple), White Pine, Wood (cherry), Nails, Brass

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Notes

The brasses are modern replacements. The cherry drawer fronts have been stained to resemble mahogany