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Chest with two drawers
1704
Object Place: Wethersfield, Connecticut
Medium/Technique
Oak, pine, with painted decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 87 x 122.6 x 52.7 cm (34 1/4 x 48 1/4 x 20 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Philip Spalding, Oakes Ames Spalding, and Hobart Ames Spalding
Accession Number50.3786
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
This chest originally was brightly painted with a variety of floral motifs and other decoration on its front, sides, and lid. The initials ES and the date 1704, which appear on the central panel, are presumably the initials of the original owner and the date of its commissioning or construction. The chest may have been made for a special occasion, perhaps a marriage.
Catalogue Raisonné
Randall 14
ProvenanceEarly history unknown, although probably made for an original owner with the initials "E.S." Lent by Philip Leffingwell Spalding, October 29, 1928. Transferred to Mrs. Philip L. Spalding, October 10, 1940; given in 1940 by members of the Spalding family.