Langley Boardman (Attributed to)
American, 1774-1833
Serpentine-Front Chest of Drawers, 1800-1810
Mahogany, mahogany and oak veneers, eastern white pine, and stamped brass pulls
90.2 x 110.5 x 59.7 cm (35 1/2 x 43 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.)
Restricted gifts of Mrs. Eric Oldberg, Timm R. Reynolds; restricted gift of Edmund J. Doering II in honor of Mrs. Eric Oldberg; R.T. Crane, Jr., Memorial Fund, 1994.536
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
“Chicago’s Art Institute Lists Recent Acquisitions,” Antiques and The Arts Weekly (July 21, 1995), p. 80.
Eleanor H. Gustafson, “Museum Accessions,” Antiques 147, 5 (May 1995), p. 656 (ill.).
Judith A. Barter et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), pp. 117-19, no. 44.
Ownership History
Sotheby’s, New York City, by 1994; Peter Sawyer, Exeter, New Hampshire, 1994; The Art Institute of Chicago, 1994.