Physical Qualities
Maple and ash painted black with gilt and polychrome decoration, 33 1/8 x 21 7/8 x 22 15/16 in. (84.1 x 55.6 x 58.3 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
1966.26.9
'Oakley'
The house depicted is Oakley, owned c. 1800 by Levi Pierce.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Baltimore Furniture: The Work of Baltimore and Annapolis Cabinetmakers from 1760-1810", February 21-April 6, 1947, p. 154-157.
Museum and Library of Maryland History, "Francis Guy and His Maryland Career", April 10-August 15, 1981
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 25.
Luke Beckerdite. American Furniture. London:Chipston Foundation, 2003, p.202, ill.
Mary Ellen Hayward and Frank R. Shivers, Jr. , 'The Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History.' Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004, p.38, ill.
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 08
