Chest of Drawers

Object Name:

Chest of Drawers

Object ID:

2010.029.04.2

Date:

circa 1860

Description:

Chest of drawers with mirror, part of a set of cottage-style bedroom furniture, c. 1860, from the Fogg-Rollins House, Exeter, NH; used by Beatrice A. Rollins (1902-1995). Painted light brown, with floral and scroll decoration.
A. Dresser with four drawers. Spool-turned split column on each side of front. Each drawer front is paint decorated with flowers, white bands, and white scrolls. Recessed panel on each side, with white painted bands. Two wooden knobs and a keyhole on each drawer front.
B-C. Two small removable drawers, one on each side of top. White scroll decoration on each front, and white bands on sides. Wooden knob and keyhole on each; one key. Each 9"w x 16.8"d x 5.3"h. Left drawer is B; right is C.
D. Removable mirror. Wooden frame with border of spool-turned split columns; scroll-decorated crest; square corner blocks; and white band around edge; 27"h x 15"w. Wooden support consisting of two spool-turned columns with pivot knobs. Threaded wooden feet fit in holes in top of dresser. Pine backboard. Dimensions including support: 30"h x 20.7"w.

Material:

Wood
Glass

Dimensions:

H-34.8 W-39 D-17.25 inches

Provenance:

One of a group of objects selected from the Fogg-Rollins House in Exeter. Built during the late 18th century, this historic house site, home to six generations of the Fogg and Rollins families, was left in trust by Beatrice A. Rollins (1902-1995) to be established as a museum documenting the Fogg and Rollins families. Working with the NH Attorney General, the Fogg-Rollins trustees determined that there were neither sufficient assets nor public support for establishing a house museum, so sought to divide the property among interested museums and historical agencies in New Hampshire. The gift will include an endowment for the maintenance of the collection. The House contained the accumulation of six generations of family members, focusing on life in rural mid 19th-century Exeter. These objects selected by NHHS document early to mid 19th-century domestic life and trade as well as late 19th-century recreation and tourism.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Fogg-Rollins Charitable Trust

People:

Rollins, Beatrice (1902-1995)