Grain-painted "Matteson" Blanket Chest

Maker Unknown, American

Additional Title(s)

A Federal Grain Painted “Matteson” Pine Blanket Chest

Collections

Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Dateca. 1820-1825

Mediumpine, paint, and glass

Dimensions36 × 40 3/4 × 18 in. (91.4 × 103.5 × 45.7 cm.)

DescriptionVibrantly painted blanked chest; this chest represents the early nineteenth-century rural Vermont “high style.” The faux grain painting in red, green, brown and black resembles mahogany, satinwood, flame birch, tiger maple and bird’s eye maple veneers seen on fashionable federal furniture. This blanket chest stands on high cut out tapered feet with a carved skirt. The lower single drawer with thumbnail molding has glass pulls and the upper blanket chest has a lift top.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding

Status

On view

Object number2020.15.11