Chest of Drawers
- Object Name:
- Chest of Drawers
- Object ID:
- 2010.015
- Creator:
- Bartlett, Levi (1784-1864) -- Cabinetmaker; Hands & Jenkins -- Manufacturer
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1805-1808
- Description:
- Chest of drawers, bow front. Made by Levi Bartlett (1784-1864), Concord, NH, 1805-1808. Federal style. Top has double line of inlay along edge. Four drawers, each with a double line of inlay and original eagle brasses. Case raised on flaring French feet separated from case by a band of birdseye maple with an inlaid fan at center. Curved skirt. Mahogany veneers with maple and light wood inlays; secondary wood, pine. Brasses marked "HJ" on handles, for foundry of Thomas Hands and William Jenkins, Birmingham, England. Printed paper label on outer surface of backboard: "House Furniture. / Cabinet work, Chairs, Clocks, and Time- / pieces of all kinds, and the latest fashions, / sold one door north of Mr. B. Gales Tav- / ern in Concord, N.H. and warranted good / BY LEVI BARTLETT."
- Material:
- Mahogany
Pine
Brass - Dimensions:
- H-37 W-41 D-22.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased from Wing Antiques of Concord in 1966 by Senator Robert W. Upton of Concord, who had it refurbished by Alejandro de la Cruz of Canterbury. Passed on to the senator's son, the late Allan Upton of Concord, whose family sold it through Peter Sawyer Antiques. Loaned to the New Hampshire Historical Society for the Plain & Elegant, Rich & Common exhibition in 1978.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
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