Arcade
Tripartite with rounded or pointed arches
Characteristics:
Rail: Tripartite arcaded front rail with pointed and/or rounded arches
Drawer Configuration: Three drawers, long center one flanked by squarish side drawers
Top: Squared
Case: Squared
Legs: Turned, with stretchers
Feet: Turned ball and compressed ball
Known makers: John Head (1688—1754), James Bartram (1701—1771)
Best examples:
PMA 1928-7-12,13; 1940-16-28; 1925-69-1
Sotheby’s, New York, January 31, 1987, lot 1318
High Chest of Drawers
Attributed to John Head, American, 1688-1754
1726
Walnut, yellow pine, cedar; brass
64 1/2 x 42 x 23 1/4 inches
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Lydia Thompson Morris, 1928-7-12
Dressing Table
Attributed to John Head, American, 1688-1754
1726
Walnut, yellow pine, cedar; brass
30 11/16 x 23 1/4 inches
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Lydia Thompson Morris, 1928-7-13
Dressing Table
1724
Walnut, yellow pine, white cedar, tulip poplar, mixed light wood inlay
30 × 40 1/4 × 23 3/8 inches
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Bequest of R. Wistar Harvey, 1940-16-28
Dressing Table
1705-20
Walnut, cedar, tulip poplar, white cedar, yellow pine, brass
29 3/4 × 33 3/8 × 20 1/8 inches
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Purchased with the Elizabeth S. Shippen Fund, 1925-69-1