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Chest (caja)
Attributed to: Manuel Lorenzo Valdez (1752–1795)
1770–1795
Object Place: Velarde, New Mexico
Medium/Technique
Ponderosa pine, iron hardware, traces of black, red and white paint
Dimensions
83.5 x 86.4 x 44.8 cm. (32 7/8 x 34 x 17 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Henry H. and Zoe Oliver Sherman Fund
Accession Number2019.605
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
InscriptionsMarked with an asterisk shape made with a sharp tool, associated with the Valdez (Valdés) family of furniture makers
ProvenanceBy about 1925, acquired probably in Taos, NM, by Antonio (Tony) Lujan (b. 1879 – d. 1963) and Mabel Dodge Lujan (b. 1879 – d. 1962), Taos; 1947, given by the Lujans to Frank Waters (b. 1902 – d. 1995), Arroyo Seco, NM; 1995, by inheritance to his widow, Barbara Waters (b. 1929– d. 2015), Arroyo Seco; 2015, given with her property to the Frank Waters Foundation, Taos; 2016/2017, sold by the Frank Waters Foundation to Robert L. Parsons Fine Art and Coulter Brooks Art and Antiques, Santa Fe, NM; 2019, sold by Coulter Brooks to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 19, 2019)