Vermont Blanket Chest
Maker
Unknown, American
Collections
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Date19th century
Mediumwood, paint, and metal hinges
Dimensions28 3/8 x 38 3/4 x 19 3/8 in. (72.1 x 98.4 x 49.2 cm.)
DescriptionPaint decorated Vermont blanket chest, with exuberant black decoration, including the inside of the feet. Inscribed on the inside of the lid “The property of Lena A. Bugbee and Clair Paul Wakefield, Vershire, VT.” Retaining its original paint and decoration, and the hinges have never been moved.
SignedSigned on the inside of the lid: "The property of Lena A. Bugbee and Clair Paul Wakefield, Vershire, VT"
Credit LineJonathan and Karin Fielding Collection
Status
On viewObject numberL2015.41.108
Savonnerie Manufactory
1719/84; frame of later date (probably nineteenth-century).
Object number: 11.41
