Photo: Courtesy Harden Studios, Barnstable, Mass.
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Chest of drawers |
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Object numberRIF3425 |
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MakerMaker Unknown |
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Dimensions37 3/4 × 41 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (95.885 × 105.41 × 54.61 cm) |
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Date18001815 |
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Current locationUnknown |
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GeographyProbably made in Rhode Island(view a map of Rhode Island) |
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MediumCherry (primary); chestnut, yellow poplar (secondary) |
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MarksNone |
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Inscriptions"Top" and "X5," in graphite, on top of upper front rail; "x" and other illegible writing, in graphite, on underside of lower front rail |
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ProvenanceHarden Studios, Barnstable, Massachusetts, 2007 |
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Associated namesHarden Studios |
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ConstructionThe two-board bow-fronted case top has a line-inlaid, veneered edge, and is secured to its conformingly shaped case by screw pockets through the top rail and through a longitudinal batten at the back of the case, both of which meet the case sides in half-blind dovetails. The case back consists of three horizontal half-lapped boards. The drawer dividers, and top and bottom rails meet the case sides in blind joints. Behind them are full-depth drawer supports and vertical stops in the rear corners of the case. The top of the bottom rail is flush with the top of the two-board case bottom. The two-board drawer bottoms are parallel to the drawer fronts. Behind the serpentine front skirt are multiple small rectangular glue blocks, some chamfered. The feet consist of horizontal glue blocks, mitered at each corner, to which are attached carved vertical glue blocks, the whole faced with solid flaring brackets on both faces of the front feet and the sides of the rear feet. The backs of the rear feet are simple, square-edged trapezoidal brackets. Notes compiled by T. B. Lloyd from photographs supplied by Harden Studios. |
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BibliographyHarden Studios, "Bow-Front Chest," http://www.hardenstudios.com/Antiques/Furniture/Chests/itempages/dyrchest.htm (accessed December 14, 2007). |