<em>Chest-of-Drawers</em>, 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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1997.150.21_transp694.jpg)

Chest-of-Drawers

Medium: Mahogany, white pine, brass

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:ca. 1770

Dimensions: 29 3/4 x 34 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. (75.6 x 88.3 x 50.2 cm)

Collections:

Museum Location: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

Accession Number: 1997.150.21

Image: 1997.150.21_transp694.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Chippendale style chest-of drawers, block front with convex blocks rounded. Four graduated drawers, arranged with largest at bottom, each outlined by cock beading attached to frame; four straight bracket feet with scroll knee brackets at front and sides; scroll pendant at center of skirt; skirt has molding on edges of front and sides; top is irregular-shaped with molding along edges of front and sides. Hardware: each drawer has three pine tree-shaped brass escutcheons, arranged in a keyhole in the middle escutcheon and drop handles attached to the outer two. CONDITION - Scratches on fronts of lower three drawers. Top is bleached or faded; large break towards back of top with wood behind break replaced. On all four drawers: bottom is refitted and replaced; side and back of each might be repaired.

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