Chest of Drawers
- Object Name:
- Chest of Drawers
- Object ID:
- 2014.011
- Creator:
- Judkins & Senter -- Furniture Maker
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1810-1820
- Description:
- Chest of drawers, bow front. Attributed to Judkins & Senter, Portsmouth, NH, 1810-1820. Branded "L·BARNES", for Lewis Barnes (1776-1856), a Portsmouth merchant and sea captain. Elliptic front with flanking quarter-engaged, ring-turned, reeded posts ending in vase- and ring-turned legs. Four cock-beaded drawers, each branded "L·BARNES" on underside. Two-board back; upper board branded "L·BARNES". Mahogany with wavy birch inlay. Replaced brass pulls.
- Material:
- Mahogany
Birch - Dimensions:
- H-37.5 W-43.75 D-21.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Originally owned by Lewis Barnes (1776-1856), a merchant and sea captain who lived on Islington Street in Portsmouth. He joined the Federal Fire Society in 1810 and branded his furniture for identification in case of fire, as was the practice in Portsmouth. This chest may be the same as one with "ovolo corners" that was described in Brock Jobe, Editor, Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast, 1993, and that was privately owned at that time by a Barnes descendant in Minnesota. Purchased by donors at Skinner auction #2640B, Lot #280, 03/04/2013.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Garvin
- People:
- Barnes, Lewis (1776-1856)
- Subjects:
- Sea captains
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