Chest of Drawers
- Object Name:
- Chest of Drawers
- Object ID:
- 2025.065.01
- Creator:
- Emery, Joshua (1788-1870) -- Cabinetmaker
- Place of Origin:
- Loudon, NH
- Date:
- 1815-1820
- Description:
- Chest of Drawers. Four-drawers with reeded corner columns and delicately turned legs in the Sheraton style attributed to cabinetmaker Joshua Emery (1788-1870) of Loudon, c. 1815-1820. The chest's top, sides, and columns are maple. The drawer fronts are bird's eye maple with veneered mahogany cross banding. The drawer sides, bottoms, and backboards are white pine. The brass hardware and red wash finish are original. The chest has a scalloped apron.
- Material:
- Maple
Mahogany
Pine - Dimensions:
- H-42.5 W-42.5 D-19.5 inches
- Provenance:
- The probable original owners are Edmund Sanborn (1788-1870) and his wife Ruth Griffin Sanborn (1788-1865) of Loudon. They married in 1810. It would have then passed to their son James S. Sanborn (1826-1900), and his wife Mary Yeaw Sanborn (1840-1923). Then to their son John Batchelder Sanborn (1863-1925), and his wife Jennie Ring Sanborn (1875-1965). And then to their son Albin J. Sanborn (1907-1971) and his wife Bernice Richardson Sanborn (1911-2009). Bernice sold the chest to Sawyer in 1990.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- People:
- Emery, Joshua (1788-1870)
- Subjects:
- Furnishings, Furniture, Furniture industry
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