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Chest (USA)
This is a Chest. It was made by Unknown. It is dated ca. 1825 and we acquired it in 1926. Its medium is mahogany, brass, gilt bronze. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Annie Schermerhorn Kane and her husband, a great-grandson of John Jacob Astor, collected antiques both in Europe and at home, many of which came to Cooper-Hewitt for study as examples of good design.
This object was
bequest of
Mrs. John Innes Kane.
It is credited Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- Armchair With Slip Seat (USA)
- turned joined mahogany-veneered oak, horse hair upholstery (probably replaced).
- Gift of Norvin Hewitt Green.
- 1938-58-1083
- Secretary
- mahogany, glass, and brass.
- Lent by Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York. Museum purchase, acquired....
- 87.2016.1
- Center Table (USA)
- gilt and painted mahogany.
- Gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1920-19-87
Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.
- Five-Piece Tea And Coffee Service
- silver, ebonized wood.
- Lent by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Anonymous Gift, 1986.778-.782.
- 54.2016.2a/e
- Blanket Chest
- pine, gesso, lacquer.
- Lent by Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 67.271.1.
- 33.2016.2
- Tapestry
- wool.
- Collection of the Newark Museum, Gift of the Contemporary Club of Newark,....
- 40.2016.2
Its dimensions are
H x W x D: 67.5 × 63.5 × 45.7 cm (26 9/16 in. × 25 in. × 18 in.)
It is inscribed
"No. 2" (in script) on back and bottom of the bottom drawer "No. 1" (in script) on the bottom of the top drawer
Cite this object as
Chest (USA); Made by Unknown; mahogany, brass, gilt bronze; H x W x D: 67.5 × 63.5 × 45.7 cm (26 9/16 in. × 25 in. × 18 in.); Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1926-22-90-a/c
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
