The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 22, 2025
Chest
c. 1700
Overall: 77.5 x 115.3 x 53.7 cm (30 1/2 x 45 3/8 x 21 1/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1984.161
Location: 204 Colonial American
Description
This lift-top chest, with its decorative panels defined by moldings, may be associated with furniture made by John Symonds and his sons of Salem, Massachusetts. The thin, "split spindle" decorations are made by gluing two separate pieces of wood together and then splitting them after turning (shaping on a lathe).- Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1984.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 72, no. 2 (April 1985): 163–207. Mentioned: p. 201, no. 24; Reproduced: p. 182 www.jstor.org
- Year in Review for 1984. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 3-May 5, 1985).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1984.161