| Culture: |
America, Southeast, Virginia, Winchester (prob.) |
| Medium: |
Walnut and walnut veneer; yellow pine and walnut secondary woods. |
| Description: |
Chest of drawers with serpentine front with bold flaring feet,
inlaid. Bottoms of drawers plough planed for the drawer stops. |
| Dimensions: |
OH: 37 5/8"; OW: 38"; OD: 21 7/8" |
| Exhibition History: |
WAS: Winter Antiques Show "The Best is not too Good for
you", Colonial Williamsburg Celebrates 75 Years of Collecting,
New York, The 7th Regiment Armory, January 19-27, 2001. |
| Bibliography: |
Related to James Campbell, Joseph Culberson examples at MESDA
and in MESDA files with Shenandoah Valley and Maryland histories.
While craftsmen in the Shenandoah Valley produced a great deal
of inlayed furinture in the first quarter of the nineteenth century,
very little of it was of serpentine form. Beyond its serpentine
shaping, this chest is unusual for its construction in native walnut
instead of mahogany, and its stylized, hoof- like splayed feet.
Several of its structural features and its yellow pine secondary
wood point to a Shenandoah Valley origin, possibly Winchester. |
