Peter Blin shop tradition
Chest
1674-1724
Physical Qualities
Oak, white pine, ash, maple; original hardware; replaced applied spindles and moldings, 39 5/8 x 47 7/8 x 21 3/8 in. (100.6 x 121.6 x 54.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Friends of the American Wing Fund, and Decorative Arts Acquisitions Endowment established by the Friends of the American Wing
Object Number
2003.40
Hinge-lidded, box-form, chest with two-tier stack of drawers, atop raised feet. Chest has three carved panels representing leaves and marigolds (often mistaken for sunflowers), with punchwork fields. Original hardware. Structurally original, including top and all four legs. Majority of applied ebonized spindles and mouldings are modern replacements, attached with contemporary brads.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2003; Heller-Washam Antiques, South Woodbury, Connecticut; purchased in the 1880's by Mrs. Edward M. Gallaudet of the Goodrich family, Indian Neck, Branford, Connecticut
Maker
Peter Blin shop tradition
1634–1724
Withersfield, Connecticut, 1675-1725
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