Chest of Drawers
- Object Name:
- Chest of Drawers
- Object ID:
- 1979.043.01
- Creator:
- Rogers, George W. (1770-1847)
Cabinetmaker - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1810-1820
- Description:
- Chest of drawers, straight front. Attributed to George W. Rogers (1770-1847), Concord, NH; 1810-1820. Engaged three-quarter round colonnettes at front corners and engaged half-round colonnettes at rear corners. Colonnettes have sections of reeding alternating with bands of narrow reel turnings. Four slightly graduated drawers edged with cock-beads. Drawer fronts veneered with maple of "bird's eye" grain and bordered with mahogany crossbands. Top has rounded projections above each colonnette. Light line stringing at center of front and side edges of top and extending around projections. Four vase-turned legs with reel-turned necks and cylindrical feet flaring out at top. Legs are extensions below the case of engaged colonnettes. Scalloped skirt at front, above which is an inlaid light-colored band composed of a series of distinct square elements with shading. Band continues around engaged colonnettes and along top of brackets on ends of case. Each drawer has an oval stamped brass escutcheon and two brass handles, each consisting of a bail and a stamped plate. Plate has projecting oval center; flat, elaborately shaped frame; and stamped floral designs. Cock beads mostly cherry. Drawer fronts maple and mahogany veneer. Remainder stained birch. Full bottom board, on underside of which is chalk inscription reading "Bottom." A steel lock on uppermost drawer; lower three escutcheons, "blind." Bottom drawer boards extend crosswise. "Patent," in uppercase letters, stamped on back of each handle bail.
- Material:
- Maple
Mahogany
Birch
Cherry
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-40.625 W-43.125 D-19.75 inches
- Provenance:
- The chest is said to have a Clough family history in the Concord, NH, area, and to have been acquired by legator's father, Josiah Eastman Fernald, in the process of settling an estate. The estate was probably that of Jennie Dearborn Clough (1865-1945) of Concord, whose Clough ancestors at the time this chest was made lived in East Concord and Loudon (see Notes field for more details). Ruth Fernald Holst, the donor, used the chest of drawers as part of her bedroom furnishings, after having it restored.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Ruth Fernald Holst
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