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Chest with drawer

1720–35
Not on view
The painting technique employed on this chest is that of the Guilford-Saybrook, Connecticut school of painted furniture. Originally painted on yellow ground—a bit of which is still visible at the top of the left side—the floral elements are more limited and the compositions more formulaic than in earlier examples, (10.125.15; 10.125.16) suggesting a waning tradition.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Chest with drawer
  • Date: 1720–35
  • Geography: Possibly made in Saybrook, Connecticut, United States; Possibly made in Guilford, Connecticut, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Painted white pine, yellow pine, yellow poplar, oak
  • Dimensions: 33 1/4 x 46 x 19 in. (84.5 x 116.8 x 48.3 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1945
  • Object Number: 45.78.4
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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