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Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Gentleman’s secretary
Date: 
1790–1815
Medium: 
Mahogany, mahogany veneer, a burl veneer, light- and dark-wood inlays; eastern white pine; some drawer runners, replaced, yellow poplar
Accession Number: 
1930.2016
Culture: 
American
Period: 
18th–19th century
Classification: 
Furniture
Status: 
By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Library bookcase
Date: 
1790–1815
Medium: 
Mahogany; doors; drawer fronts, mahogany veneer with light- and dark- wood inlays; drawer linings, red cedar (Juniperus spp.), probably southern red cedar (J. Silicola); drawer runners in center cupboard of lower case, bald cypress (Taxodium distuchum); framing of pediment, eastern white pine; drawer fronts and valances in secretary drawer, holly (Ilex opaca); some repairs in lower case, hard maple
Accession Number: 
1930.2023
Culture: 
American
Period: 
18th–19th century
Classification: 
Furniture
Status: 
By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Desk and bookcase
Date: 
1760–90
Medium: 
American black cherry, including bookshelves and lopers; eastern white pine
Accession Number: 
1930.2276
Culture: 
American
Period: 
18th century
Classification: 
Furniture
Status: 
By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Desk
Date: 
1755–95
Medium: 
American black cherry; eastern white pine
Accession Number: 
1930.2277
Culture: 
American
Period: 
18th century
Classification: 
Furniture
Status: 
By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
High Chest of Drawers
Date: 
1770–90, possibly 1786
Medium: 
American black cherry; eastern white pine; back of second wide drawer from bottom in upper case, southern yellow pine, possibly pitch pine
Accession Number: 
1930.2443
Culture: 
American
Period: 
18th century
Classification: 
Furniture
Status: 
By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
High Chest of Drawers
Date: 
1760–80
Medium: 
Mahogany, chestnut; top front rail in lower case, eastern white pine; spring lock on upper right drawer in upper case, white oak; replaced spring lock on upper left drawer in upper case, black locust
Accession Number: 
1930.2678
Culture: 
American
Period: 
18th century
Classification: 
Furniture
Status: 
By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Desk-on-frame
Date: 
1770–1800
Medium: 
American black cherry; eastern white pine
Accession Number: 
1930.2546
Culture: 
American
Period: 
18th century
Classification: 
Furniture
Status: 
By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Pair of Side Chairs
Maker: Eliphalet Chapin, American, 1741–1807
Date: 
1781
Medium: 
Cherry; corner blocks and slip seat frame, white pine
Accession Number: 
1930.2516a-b
Culture: 
American
Period: 
18th century
Classification: 
Furniture
Status: 
By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Chest-on-chest
Date: 
probably 1802
Medium: 
American black cherry; eastern white pine
Accession Number: 
1930.2533
Culture: 
American
Period: 
19th century
Classification: 
Furniture
Status: 
By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

Collection Objects
American Decorative Arts
Table with Drawer
Date: 
1780–1795
Medium: 
Black cherry; eastern white pine
Accession Number: 
1930.2604
Culture: 
American
Period: 
18th century
Classification: 
Furniture
Status: 
By appointment, Hume Furniture Study

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