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Catalog Number |
0010 |
Object Name |
Chest of Drawers |
Date |
1790-1810 |
Description |
Flat front low chest of drawers with French bracket feet and a serpentine apron, fitted with four graduated cockbeaded drawers. Oblong top with string inlay along top and bottom edges. Original embossed "radiating sun" brasses and escutcheons. Dust boards. |
Artist |
Trotter, Daniel (probably) |
Year Range from |
1790 |
Year Range to |
1810 |
Made |
Philadelphia |
Material |
Mahogany/Brass |
Collection |
Stephen Girard Artifact Collection |
Height (in) |
37.625 |
Width (in) |
42.750 |
Related Publications |
Schwarz, The Stephen Girard Collection A Selective Catalog # 19. Castrodale, Daniel Trotter, Philadelphia Cabinetmaker. Thesis, U. Del, 1962. pp. 56,204 Golovin, Anne Castrodale. Daniel Trotter: 18th Century Philadelphia Cabinetmaker. Offprint from Winterthur Portfolio. #6. 1970 p.179 (illus.) Wick, Stephen Girard: A Patron of the Philadelphia Furniture trade. Thesis, University of Delaware, 1977. p 80, 270 (illus.) |
Source |
Girard, Stephen |
Received as |
Bequest |
Other number |
GAF. 22 |
Used |
Stephen Girard's Water Street Townhouse |