Chest of Drawers

Object Name:

Chest of Drawers

Object ID:

1936.010.01

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH (possibly)

Date:

1810-1820

Description:

Chest of drawers, bow front. Elliptic-front with engaged three-quarter round colonnettes at front corners, reeded for most of their length, with ring turnings above and below. Four graduated drawers, edged with cock-beads. Top has circular projections above colonnettes. Four turned legs with bulbous and ring elements, those at front being extensions, below the case, of the engaged colonnettes. Beaded edging at bottom of case on front and side. An oval stamped brass escutcheon is on each drawer, together with two brass handles each consisting of a stamped rosette and pendent ring. Steel locks on three drawers; fourth escutcheon "blind." Chrome-plated steel button on bottom of each foot. Knots in two drawer bottoms covered with fabric.
Top and sides of case are maple; stiles, including legs and colonnettes, are birch; drawer front and fronts of drawer dividers veneered with mahogany; cock beads at edges of drawers and bottom of case probably birch. Top composed of two boards. Partial bottom board, on underside of which are chalk inscriptions, reading "Bottom" and "X". Incised figures on outer surface of backboard. "33 3/4" and "39 3/4/4/35 3/4." Drawers numbered and renumbered on inner surface. "Top" written in uppermost drawer. Three labels inside drawers with accession information.

Material:

Wood
Brass

Dimensions:

H-39.125 W-43.25 D-23.5 inches

Provenance:

Said to have been used in the Bradley House, Concord, NH. The donor's mother was Susan A. Bradley, whose family has been in Concord since the 18th century. Note similarity to other pieces from Bradley House, especially in details of turnings.

Credit Line:

Gift of Margaret H. Jewell

People:

Bradley, Richard (1790-1869), Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)