Chest of Drawers
- Object Name:
- Chest of Drawers
- Object ID:
- 1967.001.02
- Creator:
- Hill, Elliot A. (1795-1871)
Cabinetmaker ; Gates, Eliphalet M. (1805-1879)Cabinetmaker - Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1825-1835
- Description:
- Chest of drawers, straight front. According to oral tradition, made by Elliot A. Hill (1795-1871), Concord, NH, for Mary Frances Stickney (1813-1851) of Concord , NH, 1825-1835. Four drawers in main case with a two-drawer single-layered tier above. Uppermost drawer in main case projects forward 3.25" beyond lower drawers and is supported at front corners by tapered pilasters which rise from plinths created by the extension of the lower side rails. Four vase turned legs with ball terminals. Scrolled crest at back having two volutes at each end, all decorated with applied, stamped brass rosettes. Two stamped brass knobs on each drawer, together with a rectangular stamped brass escutcheon, having incurved corners. Drawers not graduated. Mahogany, cherry, birch, and white pine secondary wood.
Top and sides of both main cases and tier are of cherry; feet probably birch, crest mahogany; front of case, including pilasters, veneered with mahogany; rectangular figured birch panels, vertical in orientation, above pilasters, flanking top drawer of main case. Partial bottom board on underside of which is pencil inscription: "M. Gates / Concord / N.H.". Beginning of "M." covered by glue block. Pencil inscription on outer surface of backboard: "Gates." Perhaps, Eliphalet M. Gates (1805-1879). Drawers numbered on outer surface of bottom. Steel locks except on bottom drawer, which has a "blind" escutcheon. - Material:
- Mahogany
Birch
Cherry
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-51.625 W-44.625 D-20.25 inches
- Provenance:
- According to oral tradition, made by Elliot A. Hill (1795-1871) of Concord, NH, for Miss Mary Frances Stickney (1813-1851) of Concord (married Charles Gibson of New York in 1834). The bureau has always been in Concord. The bureau was last owned by Lillian F. Wardwell (1869-1966), Concord, NH, who bequeathed it to the Society.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Lillian Florence Wardwell
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