Physical Qualities
Painted maple and ash; with polychrome and gilt decoration, 33 3/4 x 22 1/4 x 21 5/16 in. (85.7 x 56.5 x 54.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lydia Howard de Roth and Nancy H. DeFord Venable in Memory of their Mother, Lydia Howard DeFord; and Purchase Fund
Object Number
1966.26.1
Rose Hill
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Baltimore Furniture: The Work of Baltimore and Annapolis Cabinetmakers from 1760-1810", February 21-April 6, 1967, p. 154-157.
William Voss Elder III, "Baltimore Painted Furniture 1800-1840", April 18- June 4, 1972, p. 20, illus. p. 22
Museum and Library of Maryland History, "Francis Guy and His Maryland Career", April 10-August 15, 1981
William Voss Elder III, "Baltimore Painted Furniture 1800-1840", April 18- June 4, 1972, p. 20, illus. p. 22
Museum and Library of Maryland History, "Francis Guy and His Maryland Career", April 10-August 15, 1981
Katherine Scarborough, Unique Record of Baltimore Mansions, 'The Baltimore Sun,' March 1, 1936, p. 11
'BMA News,' June 1944, pp. 4-5
'Antiques,' Vol. XC, No. 3, Sept., 1966, p. 374, repro. 66.26.8
Elder, William Voss. Baltimore Painted Furniture, 1800-1840. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1972, cat no. 3, page 22.
Luke Beckerdite. American Furniture. London:Chipston Foundation, 2003, p.194, ill.
Kirtley, A. A., Olley, P. A., & Cohen, J. A. (2016). Classical splendor: Painted furniture for a grand Philadelphia house. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art. p.56
