Date19th Century
Mediumwood, walrus ivory
Dimensions12 3/8 × 10 5/8 × 5 1/8 in. (31.4 × 27 × 13 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.682
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionMiniature or doll's chest of drawers (scrimshaw). Wood, in the late Empire style, with walrus ivory inlay and trim: six drawers with turned ivory knobs, diamond inlays, and trimmed with ivory stripping; four larger drawers in the lower section (whereof the upper drawer overhangs the lower three), and two smaller drawers in the upper section; the top portion of the chest supported by scroll-carved ivory pilasters (columns); surmounted by a wooden backsplash (backboard) coping-saw carved with a scroll pattern; wooden scroll legs.Provenance? Robert Eldred, East Dennis, Mass. 10/30/1958; Kendall Whaling Museum; New Bedford Whaling MuseumOn View
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Circa 1850
Chappell, William H.
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