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1816

Medium: Mahogany and maple veneer, some with the tiger figure, over a frame of yellow poplar; lowest and outer portion of lid, cherry; lidded compartments on interior, maple; new braces, oak
Dimensions: 16 1/4 × 30 3/8 × 16 1/4 in. (41.3 × 77.2 × 41.3 cm)
Credit Line: Mabel Brady Garvan Collection
Accession Number: 1936.312
Geography: Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Culture: American
Period: 19th century
Classification: Furniture
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Provenance

Mrs. A. K. Hostetter (dealer), Lancaster, Pa.; by sale in 1936 to Francis P. Garvan, New York Gift 1936 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Helen A. Cooper et al., Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2008), 47–48, no. 14, ill

Charles L. Venable, "Germanic Craftsmen and Furniture Design in Philidelphia 1820–1850," American Furniture (1998), 46, fig. 1

Gerald W. R. Ward, American Case Furniture in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1988), 7, 57, 77–78, no. 18

Beatrice Bronson Garvan, Federal Philadelphia, 1785–1825: The Athens of the Western World (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1987), 45, fig. 30

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Inscriptions

The engraved plaque on the top reads: "Die Hermann Interstutzungs / PHILAD [period with an "A" over it] / Incorporit den Isten May / Im JAHR / 1816. / Bruderschafft." Translated literally, this inscription reads: "The Hermann Relief [or aid] Brotherhood [or fellowship], incorporated the first of May in the year 1816." Engraved below the letter L in PHILAD [same symbol] is "J Bower. Sc." Modern printed labels affixed to the underside of the inner compartments read: "ROBERT F. MURRAY. / CABINET MAKER / 55th St., one door below Chester Ave., West Phila."

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