Chest-of-Drawers
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Caption
Chest-of-Drawers, ca. 1770. Mahogany, white pine, brass, 29 3/4 x 34 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (75.6 x 88.3 x 50.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Matthew Scott Sloan Collection, Gift of Lidie Lane Sloan McBurney, 1997.150.21. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Title
Chest-of-Drawers
Date
ca. 1770
Geography
Place made: Massachusetts, United States
Medium
Mahogany, white pine, brass
Classification
Dimensions
29 3/4 x 34 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (75.6 x 88.3 x 50.2 cm)
Markings
Each drawer is marked on the back in chalk with a number in a triangle, the numbers being 4 through 7 in order on top through bottom drawers. A piece of tape inside the top drawer is marked "3106 $2500."
Credit Line
Matthew Scott Sloan Collection, Gift of Lidie Lane Sloan McBurney
Accession Number
1997.150.21
Frequent Art Questions
What can you tell me about this?
This chest was made in the Rococo style. You can see the curving "serpentine" silhouette that was typical of design in this period. American furniture makers were still looking to England for design ideas (this was around 1770, right before the Revolution). In this case, the cabinet maker was looking at published patterns by the London cabinet maker Thomas Chippendale.
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