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Chest of drawers
about 1870–1880
Object Place: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Mahogany, burl veneer, yellow poplar
Dimensions
Overall: 167.6 x 91.4 x 52.1 cm (66 x 36 x 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
American Decorative Arts Curator's Fund
Accession Number1985.815
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
DescriptionTall chest with six drawers, one being a secretary desk drawer. Top features a Gothic gallery, drawer fronts with burl veneer and crease molding, and pilasters at front corners have shallow-carved motif and burl veneer.
InscriptionsBack of drawers numbered in graphite corresponding to drawer supports: 1 through 6. Inner drawers of desk numbered 23 and 24.
Branded "T.G. / T.G." on top of outside of rear PL post.
Pencil inscription on back of gallery, "No. 72" and other illegible notations
Drawer blades numbered in pencil from bottom up.
Branded "T.G. / T.G." on top of outside of rear PL post.
Pencil inscription on back of gallery, "No. 72" and other illegible notations
Drawer blades numbered in pencil from bottom up.
ProvenanceOwned originally by three generations of the Bancroft family, some of whom were involved in the furniture business in the firm of Bancroft and Dyer of Boston; purchased by the dealer from a family descendant in Belmont, Massachusetts; 1985, purchased from Paul Weiner Antiques, Boston, Massachusetts (Accession Date November 27, 1985)