About This Artwork

Attributed to Robert Crosman
American, 1707-1799

Chest-over-drawer, c. 1725

White pine, iron, brass, and painted decoration
52.8 x 57.2 x 32.6 cm (20 3/4 x 22 1/2 x 12 13/16 in.)
Roman capital initials in white on either side of original iron lock plate: "H B"
Wirt D. Walker Fund, 1946.561

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. 4.