Chest-on-frame

Unknown

1705–25 · Painted yellow poplar, chestnut, birch, ash, oak, white cedar · The American Wing

The painted ornament on the upper front of this chest, with its crowned Tudor rose, Scottish thistle, and French fleur-de-lis, is typical of designs on furniture produced in the Guilford-Saybrook area of coastal Connecticut. The painted borders on the top recall the inlaid-veneer crossbanding found on high-style English furniture of the seventeenth century.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1705–25

Medium

Painted yellow poplar, chestnut, birch, ash, oak, white cedar

Culture

American

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909