Chest of Drawers
- Object Name:
- Chest of Drawers
- Object ID:
- 1963.058
- Creator:
- Emery, Joshua (1788-1870)
Cabinetmaker - Place of Origin:
- Loudon, NH
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Chest of drawers, straight front. Attributed to Joshua Emery (1788-1870), Loudon, NH. Straight-front chest. Engaged three-quarter round colonnettes at all four corners. The colonnettes are reeded for half their length with cylindrical and ring-turned sections above and below. Four slightly graduated drawers edges with cock-beads. Veneered drawer fronts bordered with variegated crossbands. Top has rounded projections above each colonnette. A band of light-colored checkered inlay on front edge of top and extending around the projections at front corners of top. Four vase-turned legs which are extensions, below the case, of the engaged colonnettes. Scrolled skirt with demi-lune cut outs at center and near ends. Applied molding along sides and front above skirt. The skirt extends to the sides as well. Each drawer has an inset brass keyhole and two brass handles, each consisting of a stamped oval plate and bail. Decorative grooves encircling cylindrical turnings. Maple, mahogany, birch, unidentified inlays, with white pine secondary wood. Top and sides, including skirts, maple. Turned elements probably birch. Entire front of case and drawers veneered with mahogany. Applied moldings maple. Cock beads birch. Full bottom board. Drawers numbered inside. Two steel locks -- on upper drawers. Lower two escutcheons "blind." Pencil inscription on top of bottom board, possibly reading: "Goshen".
- Material:
- Mahogany
Maple
Birch
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-37.25 W-41 D-19.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Rosa Webster (c.1871-1962) indicated in her will that the bureau belonged to James B. Powers (1854-1938), farmer, of Grafton, NH.
Powers's wife, Mary Brown, was the granddaughter of Susannah (Emery) Brown, the elder sister of cabinetmaker Joshua Emery (1788-1870). Legatee's sister, Flora Ford, worked for James B. Powers (1910 Grafton, NH, census). - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Rosa Ford Webster
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