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Bombé chest of drawers

Bombé chest of drawers

about 1780
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, mahogany veneer, white pine, cedar
DimensionsOverall: 88.3 x 97.8 x 61 cm (34 3/4 x 38 1/2 x 24 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Maria Theresa Burnham Hopkins
Accession number37.34
On View
On view
ClassificationsFurniture
Collections
InscriptionsIncised on back of top drawer: "XIIIII" In graphite on bottom of top drawer: "James Kenerly [or Kenedy?] / going to New Brunswick / near New Brighton/ / James Kenerly [?]"
ProvenanceAs indicated by an inscription, possibly owned at one time by a James Kenerly of New Brunswick, New Jersey; later owned by Maria Theresa Burnham (Dodge) Hopkins, wife of Amos Lawrence Hopkins (d.1912), Boston, Mass.; bequest of Maria Theresa Burnham Hopkins (Accession Date January 14, 1937)
Gentleman's secretary
Gentleman's secretary
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1800–10
Worktable
Worktable
John Seymour
1800–10
Commode
Commode
Thomas Seymour
1809
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about 1800–15
Square pier table with canted corners (one of a pair)
Square pier table with canted corners (one of a pair)
Duncan Phyfe
about 1815–20
Image Not Available for Pier table (one of a pair)
Pier table (one of a pair)
Duncan Phyfe
about 1815–25
Side chair (one of a pair)
Side chair (one of a pair)
Langley Boardman
1805–11
Side chair (one of a pair)
Side chair (one of a pair)
Langley Boardman
1805–11
Console table
Console table
Thomas Seymour
1804–09
Console table
Console table
Thomas Seymour
1804–09
Image Not Available for Bed (French bed)
Bed (French bed)
about 1820-1825
Image Not Available for Window seat
Window seat
about 1820