ticketsMember | Make a donation

Small chest of drawers

1735–50
Not on view
The people, animals, and trees depicted on the front of this chest have parallels in the pastoral scenes that were popular embroidery subjects in Boston during the second quarter of the eighteenth century. On the middle drawer, a hunter follows a dog in pursuit of a stag; on the bottom drawer, a woman is serenaded by a man playing a horn.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Small chest of drawers
  • Date: 1735–50
  • Geography: Made in Windsor, Connecticut, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Painted maple, yellow pine
  • Dimensions: 16 1/4 x 18 3/8 x 10 3/4 in. (41.3 x 46.7 x 27.3 cm)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1938
  • Object Number: 38.97
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

More Artwork

More Artwork
A slider containing 5 items.
Press the down key to skip to the last item.
Box, William Buell American, Oak, pine, American
Box
William Buell
1640–80
High chest of drawers, Japanned soft maple, poplar, white pine, American
High chest of drawers
American
1710–30
High chest of drawers, Black walnut, maple, poplar, hickory, white pine, American
High chest of drawers
American
1700–1730
High chest of drawers, Painted maple, yellow pine, American
High chest of drawers
American
1730–40
High chest of drawers, Japanned maple, japanned white pine, white pine, japanned birch; brass, American
High chest of drawers
American
1740–60

Related Content

Publications

Books, guides, and catalogues published by The Met.

Research Resources

The Met provides unparalleled resources for research and welcomes an international community of students and scholars. The Met's Open Access API is where creators and researchers can connect to the The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.

To request images under copyright and other restrictions, please use this Image Request form.

Feedback

We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.