Chest of Drawers
- Object Name:
- Chest of Drawers
- Object ID:
- 1977.007.28
- Place of Origin:
- Conway, NH
- Date:
- 1833
- Description:
- Chest of drawers, straight front. Four drawers in main case with single-layered tier above having three drawers. Uppermost drawer in main case projects forward 2.875" beyond lower drawers and is supported at front corners by free-standing colonnettes composed of angular ring, reel and truncated conical turnings. Four vase-turned legs with ring and flattened ball turned anklets above short cylindrical feet. Scrolled crest at back having two volutes at each end. Two wooden knobs on each drawer in main case; one on each drawer in tier. Oval stamped brass escutcheon on each drawer in main case. Three lower drawers in case graduated. Tier is removable and fits into a molding around top of case below.
Maple in drawer fronts and crest of bird's -eye grain. Steel locks on upper three drawers in main case; lower escutcheon "blind." Full bottom boards. Several pencil inscriptions on bottom of one small drawer: "Luther Whitaker / Conway N H / Conway / Conway/ Mss Jemama Cameron / of Ryegate Vt Conway / When this you see Remember / me Luther Whitaker /Conway". On inner bottom surface of same drawer: "Miss Betsy S. Randall / North Conway N.H. / Sept. 18 1833," and on inner bottom surface of lowest drawer in main case "B.S.Randall / North Conway." Drawers numbered and renumbered on backs. Handles and escutcheons replaced. Molding between top and main case and tier broken at right front corner and repaired. Drawer interiors varnished. Drawer sides built up. "Chatham Pines" stamped twice inside right end of tier. Several small cracks in backboards. Chrome-plated steel button on bottom of each foot. - Material:
- Maple
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-54.25 W-43 D-21 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired by donor when he purchased a camp in 1940 in South Chatham, NH. Former owner of camp had furnished it with antiques apparently acquired locally.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Foster E. Sturtevant
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