Cupboard
Said to have been owned by Governor Robert Treat (ca. 1622–1710) of Milford, this cupboard represents the school of joinery that produced the most sophisticated case pieces in seventeenthcentury Connecticut. It has a prominent paneled door and sides with central cruciform and is decorated with applied bosses and half spindles. The applied decoration was made of several different woods, which originally gave the piece a livelier, varicolored surface.
Artwork Details
- Title: Cupboard
- Date: 1670–1700
- Geography: Possibly made in Milford, Connecticut, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Oak, walnut, chestnut, cedar, maple
- Dimensions: 57 3/4 x 44 1/4 x 21 3/4 in. (146.7 x 112.4 x 55.2 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. J. Woodhull Overton, in memory of her mother, Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1953
- Object Number: 53.197.1
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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