About the Artwork
Hadley Chest
between 1709 and 1732
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American
American
Pine and oak
Overall: 45 × 20 1/2 × 30 inches (114.3 × 52.1 × 76.2 cm)
Furniture
American Art before 1950
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford
28.44
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Carved, in center of chest: SM
Provenance
Sarah Moody
Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford
1928-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bulletin of the DIA 9, 8 (1928): p. 101 (ill.).
Luther, C.F. The Hadley Chest. CT, 1935, no. 57.
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American, Hadley Chest, between 1709 and 1732, pine and oak. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, 28.44.
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