Category

FURNITURE

Object Name

CHEST OF DRAWERS

Maker/Artist

Adams, John

MESDA Craftsman ID Number

55076

Place Made

Guilford County, North Carolina

Materials

walnut __primary ||pine __secondary

Dimensions

[Overall Ht]not recorded

Description

High chest of drawers with graduated beaded drawers, three over two over five stacked; peaked pediment top with molding; ogee bracket feet; reeded quarter columns at front corners.

Signed in red pencil on the back of a drawer “John Adams”

Object Location

private collection

MESDA / Old Salem Accession Number

S-17767

Photo Number

S-17767

File Location

NCP-5-39A/NCP-22-4

History

Purchased in Oak Ridge, North Carolina.

Sign/Marks

on drawer back __[unreadable text]/ John Adams”

Hardware

bail with rosettes __key entry to upper middle and all large drawers __ __keyhole escutcheons

Examined

Frank L. Horton __No __No __not recorded