About This Artwork

Attributed to John Dunlap (American, 1746-1792) and/or Samuel Dunlap (American, 1752-1830)
Bedford, Henniker, or Salisbury, New Hampshire

Chest of Drawers, 1780/1810

Soft maple, eastern white pine, faux painted wood-grain
96.8 x 99.7 x 50.2 cm (38 1/8 x 39 1/4 x 19 3/4 in.)
Vance American Art Fund; restricted gifts of Carol W. Wardlaw, Jamee J. and Marshall Field; Americana Fund, 2007.1

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Manchester, N.H., Currier Gallery of Art, New Hampshire Clocks, Silver, and Furniture: A Salute to Charles S. Parsons, August 25-October 23, 1988, cat. 123, as Four-Drawer Chest.

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. 12.

Ownership History

Private collection to 1982; consigned to Richard W. Withington, Hillsborough, N.H., 1982; sold to Charles Buckley on behalf of Harry Lockwood, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 2, 1982; sold by Peter Sawyer, Exeter, N.H., on behalf of Harry Lockwood to William E. Gilmore, Jr., N.H., by 1988; sold to Peter Sawyer, Exeter, N.H., 2006; sold by him to the Art INstitute, 2007.