Chest
- Published/Created:
- Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, United States
1803 - Physical Description:
- 28 x 49 1/4 x 23 in.
- Materials:
- Pine; paint
- Notes:
- Sack catalogue description: Decorated Pennsylvania dower or bridal chest on hard pine background, the original decoration is characteristic of Lebanon county design, particularly in the bulbous columns and heart corners; the background color is an attractive blue-green with the floral twin panels on the top somewhat rubbed but preserved, bracket feet restored.
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Bibliography: Book: American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1990), vol. 5, p. 1235, pl. P4136. - Variant Titles:
- Painted dower or bridal chest
- Topics:
- Decoration and ornament--vernacular style
Furniture--United States - Period/Style:
- Vernacular
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 4136
- Genre:
- chests (case furniture) (AAT)
- Format:
- Image
Physical Object - Content Type:
- Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Prints & Photographs - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Source Title:
- Israel Sack, Inc., Archive
- Source Created:
- New York, New York, United States
1957–1990 - Source Note:
- Sack, October 1975
This information is taken from the Israel Sack Furniture Archive and may not reflect current scholarship. - Folder:
- Folder 10667 cab2enddr3
- Yale Collection:
- Yale University Art Gallery
- Digital Collection:
- Israel Sack Furniture Archive
- OID:
- 10961871
- PID:
- digcoll:844604
