GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The front of this chest of drawers seems to move in and out, punctuated at each segment by a brass handle or lock escutcheon. This "swelled," or blocked, front design was especially popular in Boston and Newport during the mid-18th century. The labor and additional material required to shape the curved facade made such a piece extremely costly. The wealthy Boston apothecary Daniel Scott may have been the original owner of this example. The piece is branded "D. Scott" on the back, and Scott's death inventory of 1770 lists both a "Beaureau" [sic] and a "case of drawers," terms then used interchangeably for this type of chest.
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Kevin W. Tucker, DMA unpublished material, Label text (1985.B.31), 2006.
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- provenance form in TMS changed to comply with Guidelines and Procedures for Provenance Display
- Venable catalogue essay added to TMS as a text entry
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Early/mid 20th century: Harry Arons, Ansonia, Connecticut
Until 1961: Israel Sack, Inc., New York, New York
1961-1985: The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, Houston, Texas
From 1985: Collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee
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The main source for this provenance is Charles L. Venable, American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, published in association with the Dallas Museum of Art, 1989), 57.
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General Description
The front of this chest of drawers seems to move in and out, punctuated at each segment by a brass handle or lock escutcheon. This "swelled," or blocked, front design was especially popular in Boston and Newport during the mid-18th century. The labor and additional material required to shape the curved facade made such a piece extremely costly. The wealthy Boston apothecary Daniel Scott may have been the original owner of this example. The piece is branded "D. Scott" on the back, and Scott's death inventory of 1770 lists both a "Beaureau" [sic] and a "case of drawers," terms then used interchangeably for this type of chest.
Excerpt from
Kevin W. Tucker, DMA unpublished material, Label text (1985.B.31), 2006.
Fun Facts
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Notes
- provenance form in TMS changed to comply with Guidelines and Procedures for Provenance Display
- Venable catalogue essay added to TMS as a text entry
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
Early/mid 20th century: Harry Arons, Ansonia, Connecticut
Until 1961: Israel Sack, Inc., New York, New York
1961-1985: The Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee Collection, Houston, Texas
From 1985: Collection of the Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee
Notes:
The main source for this provenance is Charles L. Venable, American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, (Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, published in association with the Dallas Museum of Art, 1989), 57.
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