COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1979.499
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AIC_.1979.499
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Cogswell, John
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Cogswell, John
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
American; 1738-1819 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
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American; 1738-1819 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
John Cogswell
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John Cogswell
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Chest of Drawers
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Chest of Drawers
Title
false
Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
View:
3/4 view
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3/4 view
View
false
Creation Date:
1780/95
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1780/95
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1780
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1780
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1795
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1795
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Mahogany with white pine.
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Mahogany with white pine.
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Furniture
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Furniture
Classification Term
false
Subject Description:
Claw-and-ball foot at each corner; bombé form with serpentine shaping at front; 4 graduated drawers with contemporary but not original brasses; top conforms to shape of case; corner blocks at feet include both original and replaced blocks.
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Claw-and-ball foot at each corner; bombé form with serpentine shaping at front; 4 graduated drawers with contemporary but not original brasses; top conforms to shape of case; corner blocks at feet include both original and replaced blocks.
Subject Description
false
Creation Place:
North and Central America,North America,United States,Massachusetts,Boston
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North and Central America,North America,United States,Massachusetts,Boston
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
79.7 x 91.8 x 50.8 (31 3/8 x 36 1/8 x 20 in)
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79.7 x 91.8 x 50.8 (31 3/8 x 36 1/8 x 20 in)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1979.499
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1979.499
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Bowen Blair Fund
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Helen Bowen Blair Fund
Credit Line
false
Inscriptions:
Mark: chalk inscription on base possibly reading "Bottom"; sticker back left upper corner with printing: "No./Property of/Edith Cluett"
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Mark: chalk inscription on base possibly reading "Bottom"; sticker back left upper corner with printing: "No./Property of/Edith Cluett"
Inscriptions
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E34045.TIF
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AIC_.E34045.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
false