Chest of Drawers

1878–84

Artist unknown (American, 19th century)
New York

Status: On View, Gallery 175
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Artist unknown
Title: Chest of Drawers
Place: New York (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1878–1884
Medium: Bird's-eye maple, tulip poplar, and cherry
Inscriptions: Stamped on brass locks: "ROBINSON BOSTON"
Dimensions: 152.4 × 111.8 × 55.9 cm (60 × 44 × 22 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Antiquarian Society through the Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Hutchinson Fund
Reference Number: 1986.186
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Milo M. Naeve, et al., A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1986), 50, 74–75, cat. 49 (ill.).
Marvin D. Schwartz, “New Wing Presents Design, Colonial Period to Present,” Antiques and The Arts Weekly (Dec. 30, 1988), 38–39 (ill.).
Milo M. Naeve, Identifying American Furniture, no. 107.
Judith A. Barter, et al., American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), 241–243, no. 116.

Art Institute of Chicago, A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 12, 1986–Jan. 4, 1987, cat. 49.

Henry G. Marquand, 1878; by descent to Elizabeth Marquand Godwin, 1902; bu descent to Elizabeth Love Godwin, 1951; Friends for Long Island’s Heritage, from 1975; Sotheby Parke–Bernet Galleries, 1984; Peter Hill Antiques, 1984; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1986.

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