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Chest of Drawers

CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1685
MediumWalnut, olivewood, bone, pine, oak, iron, and brass
DimensionsOverall: 34 3/4 × 38 1/8 × 23 inches (88.27 × 96.84 × 58.42 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Lillian M. Diveley Fund
Object number2021.21
InscribedAn ink inscription was found inside the top proper left drawer (#2)
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • 117
DescriptionFive drawer chest, the top with a moulded edge, centered by a panel of floral marquetry showing a bird and flowers in bloom, with green stained bone depicting leaves, surrounded by an oyster ground and further panels of marquetry. The top above graduated drawers and sides, similarly decorated, all within an oyster ground. Standing on bun feet.Published References

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Adam Bowett. English Furniture, 1660–1714: From Charles II to Queen Anne (Woodbridge, England: Antiques Collectors’ Club, 2002): 36–67, esp. 50–62.

Walter A.Dwyer. "English Furniture Styles: I. Jacobean and Restoration," The Art World 2, no. 3 (June 1917): 284–286.

Ralph Edwards. The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. ed. (Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antiques Collectors Club, 1986; orig. publ. 1954): II, 26–53, 265–266, esp. 30, 34.

Benno M. Forman. "The Origins of the Joined Chest of Drawers." Nederlands Kunsthistorich Jaarboek/Netherlands Yearbook for the History of Art 31 (1980): 169–183.

Benno M. Forman. "The Chest of Drawers in America, 1635–1730: The Origins of the Joined Chest of Drawers." Winterthur Portfolio 20, no. 1 (Spring 1985): 1–30.

Christopher Gilbert and Peter Thornton. "The Furnishing and Decoration of Ham House," Furniture History 16 (1980): 1–194, esp. Chapter 3, 205

George Leland Hunter. "The Styles of Charles II, William and Mary and Queen Anne: As Illustrated by Examples of Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum," Arts & Decoration (1910–1918) 4, no. 2 (December 1913): 66–69.

Pat Kirkham. "Inlay, Marquetry and Buhl Workers in England, c. 1660–1850." The Burlington Magazine 122, no. 927 (June 1980): 415–416, 419.

Laurie Lindey. "A Restoration London Cabinet and Looking Glass Maker: Edward Traherne." Furniture History 50 (2014): 17–36.

Percy Macquoid. A History of English Furniture, Vol. I: The Age of Oak (London: Bracken Books, 1988; orig. publ. 1904–1908): Ch. 3: 119–127.

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Chest of Drawers (commode)
Jean-Mathieu Chevallier l'aîné
mid-18th century
2021.33.1,2
overall oblique
1740-1750
F69-39.1-3
Commode (Chest of Drawers)
Charles Cressent
1745-1749
65-19
assembled overall
ca. 1760
2021.34.1-7
recto overall
Johannes Klinkerfuss
ca. 1810
F67-22
Chest of Drawers with Doors
Adam Weisweiler
ca. 1780
F70-43 A,B
overall
19th century
41-47/1
Writing Desk
Bernard van Risenburgh II
ca. 1750
F72-26
casket with stand recto overall
André Charles Boulle
ca. 1685-1700 (casket); second half of 18th century (stand)
2024.49.1-2
overall oblique
Thomas Dennis
ca. 1680
33-527
recto overall with doors closed
ca. 1710
33-23.1,2