Chest | bureau

Manufacturer Mitchell and Rammelsberg

Date1860-1870

Geographic OriginCincinnati, Ohio

MediumRosewood, Walnut, Cedar, Glass, Brass

DimensionsOverall: H 119 x W 60 in. (H 302.3 x W 152.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Grace Trusdell, 1926

Object number26.2737A-Q

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Object NameChest | bureau

Marks and Labels/StampsStenciled black mark (faint but complete) on the back of the chest of drawersProvenanceFrom the Warren Trusdell House at 19 Washington Park, demolished in 1926 to build an insurance company building (currently owned by Rutgers); Donor was the child of the original owner and grew up in the house with this furnitureExhibition HistoryThe Ballantine House, Guest Room, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (August 17, 2009 - January 3, 2017)
"Century of Revivals: Nineteenth-Century American Furniture," Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (September 26, 1982 - July 5, 1983)
Victorian Vignettes, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (1933)

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