About This Artwork

Artist unknown
New England, possibly Connecticut

Chest, c. 1830

Painted white pine and oak
57.2 x 111.7 x 45.7 cm (22 1/2 x 44 x 18 in.)
(pencil inscription on underside of lid that is too difficult to type--see American Arts object file)
Juli and David Grainger Endowment, 1994.537

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, "For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago," (Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012) no. 13.