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Chest with drawer
Attributed to: Robert Crosman (1707–1799)
about 1727
Object Place: Taunton, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Painted pine, brass
Dimensions
Overall: 82.6 x 95.3 x 45.1 cm (32 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 17 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession Number32.215
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsFurniture – Case furniture and boxes
DescriptionPainted six-board chest with drawer, with two simulated drawers above a single working drawer; each drawer, simulated and real, fitted with central stamped brass lock escutcheon flanked by oval brasses with "tear-drop" pulls; drawers separated and flanked by applied half-round moldings; case sides cut with an arch to form the feet; slightly overhanging lid attached at rear with snipe-bill hinges and with applied, shaped cleats nailed to its underside at the sides, falling outside the case.
Inscriptions"1727" scratched and highlighted in red paint on the outside of the backboard.
Rear board of drawer incribed "B E A ___" in chalk or pencil
Rear board of drawer incribed "B E A ___" in chalk or pencil
Provenance1928, lent by Charles H. Tyler, October 3, 1928; 1932, accessioned as part of the Tyler Bequest