A detail of the box from the William K du Pont collection. The box, the chest-on-stand from the same sale, and the desk in the collection of the Dietrich American collection can all be attributed to the same shop based on similarities of the inlay design. There are 46 inlaid dots on the top, front, … Continue reading Inlaying Dots Part II
Inlaying Dots Part I
One of the things I’m hoping to accomplish with this series of posts is to give a broader understanding of the amount of labor (as well as imagination and technical ability) – hence cost to the consumer – that is required to create the objects illustrated in the previous post with the complex light-wood sting … Continue reading Inlaying Dots Part I
Stringing Inlay Designs, Part II
The abstract geometric bi-lateral designs of light-wood stringing terminating with clusters of three multi-wood species dots inlaid on solid black walnut drawer fronts seen on several chests of drawers in the previous post has long been associated with Chester County, Pennsylvania. A single motif is centered on the drawer pull of each short drawer and … Continue reading Stringing Inlay Designs, Part II
Stringing Inlay Designs, Part I
The simplest designs of line and dot inlay on Southeastern Pennsylvania furniture are found on framed, or wainscot, chairs. Several surviving chairs, possibly from the same set, have stringing in the form of a quarter of a circle inlaid in the corners of the back panel. Side chair. Black walnut. Southeastern Pennsylvania. Possibly Philadelphia. Winterthur … Continue reading Stringing Inlay Designs, Part I
A Chest-On-Stand in the Rocky Hill Collection
The chest-on-stand formerly in William “Bill” K. du Pont’s collection is, as both Sotheby’s catalogue entry (lot 505) and Pook & Pook’s catalogue entry from October 2013 say, the only example of this form with any sort of inlay. Swirling light-wood stringing terminating in single and clusters of four dots is present on all of the drawer fronts and the top. … Continue reading A Chest-On-Stand in the Rocky Hill Collection
In Proportion to the Trouble 