Easel Maker: Unknown

1870–90

American Decorative Arts

By appointment, Hume Furniture Study
Medium

Black cherry

Dimensions

72 1/16 × 28 9/16 × 26 7/8 in. (183 × 72.5 × 68.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Herman W. Liebert, B.A. 1933

Accession Number

1976.99.2

Geography

Made in Northeastern or midwestern United States

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Furniture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
With an unidentified antiques dealer, by the 1960s; sold to Herman W. Liebert (1911–1994), New Haven, Conn., 1960s; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1976

Source: Herman W. Liebert Liebert, Herman W. | Archives at Yale
Bibliography
  • David L. Barquist, Elisabeth Donaghy Garrett, and Gerald W. R. Ward, American Tables and Looking Glasses in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1992), 264–65, no. 143, ill
  • "Acquisitions 1976," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 36, no. 3 (Fall 1977), 56
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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