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Description
Flat front maple with pine secondary chest of drawers with distinctive serpentine front molded top and bracket base attributed to noted York cabinetmaker and engineer John Bradbury, Sr. (1697-1778). The hardware is original. This chest is an important piece in Bradbury's known work in that the outer left side of the lowermost drawer retains color samples of all of the Bradbury shop's known wood finishes, arranged in a "color card" sequence. The chest had been refinished to a light maple by its previous owners in the 1960s. The present dark mahogany color of the chest was restored based on surviving evidence and analysis of a dark stain within the color samples. Only two other chests by Bradbury of this form are known and both are in the collections of the Old York Historical Society. The first, in strongly marked tiger maple, retains its original clear finish and brasses. The second retains its original orange color with a set of federal period oval barsses that replaced the original Chippendale style pulls about 1815.
About This Item
- Title: Chest of drawers attributed to John Bradbury, Sr. of York, ca. 1760
- Creator: John Bradbury
- Creation Date: circa 1760
- Subject Date: circa 1760
- Location: York, York County, ME
- Media: Maple, pine, colored shellacs, brass
- Dimensions: 86.50 cm x 104.00 cm x 49.50 cm
- Local Code: 2002.25
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Old York Historical SocietyP.O. Box 312, York, ME 03909
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