Studio Programs, Shaping Block-Front Furniture

Chest of Drawers, Newport or Providence, Rhode Island, 1755-85

Chest of Drawers, Newport or Providence, Rhode Island, 1755-85. Mahogany, yellow poplar; eastern white pine; chestnut. Yale University Art Gallery, Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

In conjunction with the exhibition Art and Industry in Early America: Rhode Island Furniture, 1650–1830, master cabinetmaker Allan Breed demonstrates the sawing-out and shaping of block-front case furniture, a form of decoration particular to colonial New England, at the Gallery’s Furniture Study. Space is limited. Registration required; please call 203.432.9525.