Collection Highlights
Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C.
ca. 1797
1907.32
oil on linen, lined to fiberglass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Doll's chest of drawers
Object name
Doll's chest of drawers
Date
1840-1860
Medium
Rosewood, poplar
Dimensions
Overall: 18 x 26 x 9 3/4 in. ( 45.7 x 66 x 24.8 cm )
Description
Rosewood veneered chest of drawers; shallow top drawer above three deeper drawers of equal size, each with a pair of knob pulls; lower drawers framed by turned half-columns applied to front of case on either side (now missing on proper left); raised on plain, rectangular base.
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number
1936.603
Gallery Label
According to the accession records, this small chest of drawers was used by the donor's mother, Angelina Burr Corse (b. 1847), for storing dolls' clothes.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
