Cupboard
Peter Blin
(died in 1725)
1675–1700
Object PlaceWethersfield, Connecticut, United States
Medium/TechniqueOak, pine, maple, cedar
Dimensions140.33 x 125.09 x 55.24 cm (55 1/4 x 49 1/4 x 21 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
Accession number32.273
On View
On viewClassificationsFurniture
Collections
This cupboard is part of a large group of Connecticut furniture-perhaps as many as eighty-five pieces-decorated with carved, "tulip-and-sunflower" decoration; many have histories in the Hartford-Wethersfield area. Long associated with joiner Peter Blin, the objects now are believed to be the work of several craftsmen also from central Connecticut. The eclectic mix of flat carvings of abstracted tulips and marigolds; applied spindles and bosses (painted black to simulate expensive, imported ebony); and architectonic moldings and overhangs reveal the breadth of stylistic influences in Connecticut during the first generations after settlement. Reportedly, the Hathaway family of Hartford and Suffield originally owned this chest.
ProvenanceOriginally owned in the Hathaway family of Hartford and Suffield, Connecticut; owned by Charles Hitchcock Tyler of Boston as early as 1911; bequeathed by Tyler to the Museum in 1932 (Accession Date: September 1, 1932)1650–1700
1650–60
1650–1700
1670–1700
about 1795
about 1790–1800