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Title
Chest
of
drawers
Subject
Chests
of
drawers
;
Furniture
;
Chippendale
;
Dressers
(chests
of
drawers)
;
Time Period
1770s
Place
Adena
(Ohio)
;
Chillicothe
(Ohio)
;
Ross
County
(Ohio)
Description
Chest
of
drawers
was
made
in
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
,
around
1770
. The
top
section
has
five
small
drawers
on
top
of
three
large
and
graduated
drawers
;
all
thumb-molded
,
flanked
by
engaged
fluted
quarter
columns
with a
broken
arch
pediment
(the
upper
twelve
2
inches
of
which
have been
removed
and
replaced
at a
later
date)
. The
bottom
section
has
one
long
drawer
on
top
of
three
short
drawers
flanked
by
similar
quarter
columns
. The
scrolled
skirt
and
shell-carved
knees
of the
cabriole
legs
terminate
in
ball
and
claw
feet
. The
fine
willow
brasses
with
bails
are
original
. The
Ohio
Historical
Society
received
this
item
from
Rufus
King
of
New
York
,
New
York
.
It
was
donated
during
the
restoration
of
Adena
in the
1950s
. The
King
family
was
related
to the
Worthington
family
by the
1816
marriage
of
Sarah
Worthington
(1800-1877)
,
Thomas
and
Eleanor
Worthington's
second
daughter
, to
Edward
King
,
son
of
Rufus
King
, a
senator
from
New
York
and a
signer
of the
U.S
.
Constitution
. The
chair
does
not have a
documented
association
to
Adena
or
Sarah
Worthington
King
Peter
.
Date of Original
ca.
1770
Collection
Adena
Collection
Source
H
75837
Format
Object
;
Picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
H75837.tif
Image Height
1305
Image Width
1313
File Size
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