Chest of Drawers
- Object Name:
- Chest of Drawers
- Object ID:
- 2018.034
- Creator:
- Dunlap, Samuel (1752-1830) -- Cabinetmaker; Joslyn, Joel (1776-1831) -- Cabinetmaker
- Place of Origin:
- Henniker, NH
- Date:
- circa 1795
- Description:
- Tall chest of drawers, c. 1795, signed by Samuel Dunlap (1752-1830) and Joel Joslyn (1776-1831), Henniker, NH. Cherry with white pine secondary wood. Surface overall in early 19th-century vinegar paint over a thin salmon-colored wash. Dovetailed and step-molded cornice above three aligned and five graduated lap-molded dovetailed drawers with original oval brass pulls. Molded base with straight bracket feet joined by a shaped apron. Signed in chalk on underside of upper right drawer, "Samuel / Dunlap" along with other indecipherable inscriptions. Third long drawer down signed "Joel Joslyn Henniker in the County of Hillsborough".
- Material:
- Wood
Cherry
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-52.25 W-40 D-19.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Purchased by George W. Samaha of Milan, OH, prior to 1983. Sold to John W. Graeter of Georgetown, OH. Sold at Cowan's Auctions, Cincinnati, OH, 10/06/2018, lot #821.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, with funds provided by William H. Dunlap, Stephen M. Duprey, James L. and Donna-Belle Garvin, Bob P. Odell Jr., Kurt M. Swenson, Joseph L. Taggart, William W. Upton, Pamela Van Arsdale, William P. Veillette, Robert O. Wilson, Philip and Betsy Zea, and the Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
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