Chest over Drawers

Dateca. 1805

MediumPainted yellow pine, tulip poplar, iron, and brass

DimensionsOH: 30 3/4"; OW: 50 7/8"; OD: 21 5/8" OH: 76.9 cm.; OW: 127.8 cm.; OD: 53.9 cm.

Credit LineGift of Donald R. Walters and Faye E. Walters

Object number1986.2000.2

DescriptionRectangular, lift-top chest with hinged lid opening to a well with till on left side; the case is dovetailed and has mid-molding above two molded drawers equipped with brass bail handles; the drawers are separated by a molded, vertical pilaster. Case is mounted on a black painted base with dovetailed bracket feet. The top is painted with diamond motifs; the front is painted with a three-part division with semi-circles in green, brown, and red on a green and red putty-grained ground; drawer fronts have the remains of blue putty-graining; sides are putty-grained in red and green.
ProvenanceHarry B. Hartman Antiques, Marietta, Pa.,; John A. Herdeg, Mendenhall, Pa.: gift of Don & Faye E. Walters, Goshen, Indiana