Chest

Arts of the Americas

c. 1830

Artist unknown (American, 19th century)
New England, possibly Connecticut

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Artist unknown
Title: Chest
Place: New England (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. 1830
Medium: Painted white pine and oak
Inscriptions: (pencil inscription on underside of lid that is too difficult to type--see American Arts object file)
Dimensions: 57.2 × 111.7 × 45.7 cm (22 1/2 × 44 × 18 in.)
Credit Line: Juli and David Grainger Endowment
Reference Number: 1994.537
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Judith A. Barter and Monica Obniski, For Kith and Kin: The Folk Art Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago, (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago/Yale University Press, 2012) no. 13.

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