Chest of Drawers
- Object Name:
- Chest of Drawers
- Object ID:
- 1978.026
- Creator:
- Holmes, Andrew P. (1816-1874)
Furniture Maker - Place of Origin:
- Manchester, NH
- Date:
- 1852-1854
- Description:
- Chest of drawers, straight front. Sold by Andrew P. Holmes, Manchester, NH; 1852-1854. Straight-front with rounded front corners. Three drawers, not graduated. Two wooden knobs on each drawer. Plain plinth above four large, bulbous feet. Painted, with red-brown on yellow graining. Mahogany knobs, unpainted. Wood of turned feet unidentified. No bottom boards. Stenciled mark on outer surface of backboards: "From / A.P. Holmes. / No. 8 / Merrimack-Block / Manchester / N.H." Illegible pencil inscription on inner surface of one drawer bottom. Drawer elements numbered 11-15. "Fifth" and "Fifteenth" [sic.] written in pencil several times on one drawer bottom. Circular saw marks evident on interior.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-31 W-35 D-15.875 inches
- Provenance:
- Sold and possibly made by Andrew P. Holmes, who operated a "furniture warehouse" in Manchester, NH, between 1852 and 1854.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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