Art Institute of Chicago
Chest of Drawers
Attributed to Langley Boardman (American, 1774–1833)LinkedCulture matchlcp-41a0f1d2dfe5
- Date
- 1800–10
- Medium
- Mahogany, oak, eastern white pine, and brass
- Culture
- Portsmouth
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 133880
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Although the serpentine front and bracket feet of this chest recall the Rococo style of the previous century, the string inlay, the use of contrasting veneers, and the style of the stamped-brass drawer pulls clearly place this chest in the neoclassical or Federal style. Boardman brought this style to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after having apprenticed in Salem, Massachusetts, an important cabinetmaking center in Federal America. The chest retains much of its original finish and all of its original brass hardware.
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- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Eric Oldberg, Timm R. Reynolds, and Edmund J. Doering II in honor of Mrs. Eric Oldberg; R.T. Crane Jr., Memorial Fund
- Provenance
- With Sotheby’s, New York, N.Y., by 1994; with Peter Sawyer, Exeter, New Hampshire, 1994; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1994.
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- Object type
- AAT300037336
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