High Chest of Drawers

Maker unknown · Connecticut · 1730–70

Medium

Varieties of woods are used almost interchangeably within this object. Dark burl veneer on exterior, maple, probably soft maple; light-colored veneer, staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina); thin strips of dark stained veneer on sides of upper case, probably maple; legs, cornice, midmoldings, soft maple; half-round moldings, drops, American black walnut; top and bottom of upper case, some drawer fronts, some drawer dividers, some drawer bottoms and backs, chestnut; backboards of upper case, southern yellow pine and eastern white pine; one drawer divider in upper case, red oak; sides of upper case, formed by a central panel of hard maple, probably sugar maple, flanked by panels of sycamore; drawer front and linings, mixture of eastern hemlock, chestnut, maple, eastern white pine, southern yellow pine, and either Atlantic white cedar or northern white cedar

Dimensions

71.9 x 37.4 x 21.3 in. (182.6 x 95.1 x 54 cm)

Accession

1964.46

Credit line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, by exchange