Figure no. | Form |
Current owner |
Original owner |
Date |
Inscriptions |
Profile of inner surface of case sides | Drawer-side profiles | Ends of drawer fronts | Triangular base | Top-edge profile of drawer sides |
9 | Desk | Private collection | Thomas Armory, Boston | Before 1784 |
"JC"; "WA"; "WAG" |
Two large areas scooped out |
Straight vertical |
Project beyond drawer sides | No |
Single bead |
13 |
Chest-on-chest |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
Family of Elias Hasket Derby,
Salem |
1782 |
"John Cogswell In midle Street, Boston 1782"; "John Cogswell" 4 times on inner surface on backboards | Two large areas scooped out |
Straight vertical |
Project beyond drawer sides |
No |
Double bead |
17 |
Two-part desk |
Private collection |
|
|
"JC"; cartoon of
daisy |
Carved |
Curved to conform to case sides |
Only one of four projects beyond drawer sides | No |
Single bead |
20 |
Desk-and-bookcase |
Winterthur Museum |
Jackson? |
1786 |
"1786 AD Jackson[?]" |
Straight vertical |
Straight vertical |
Project beyond drawer sides |
No |
Single bead |
24 |
Desk-and-bookcase |
Winterthur Museum |
Joseph Barrell, Boston and Charlestown | |
"Bottom" in chalk on bottom board |
Carved |
Curved to conform to case sides |
Flush with drawer sides |
Yes |
Double bead |
25 |
Desk-and-bookcase | Winterthur Museum |
Edward Brinley, Boston/Roxbury | |
"Bottom" in chalk on bottom board | Straight vertical |
Straight vertical |
Project beyond drawer sides | Yes |
Double bead |
33 |
Chest of drawers | US Department of State |
Ebenezer Storer I or II, Boston | |
"Bottom" in chalk on bottom board | Angled facets |
Angled |
Project beyond drawer sides | Yes |
Double bead |
36 |
Chest of drawers |
Dietrich American Foundation |
Poss. Joseph Sprague or Wm. Stearns, Salem | |
|
Angled facets |
Angled |
Project beyond drawer sides |
Yes |
Double bead |
40 |
Chest of drawers | Private collection | |
|
"Bottom" in chalk on bottom board | Carved |
Curved to conform to case sides | Flush with drawer sides | Yes |
Double bead |
41 |
Chest of drawers | Art Institute of Chicago |
|
|
"Bottom" in chalk on bottom board | Carved |
Curved to conform to case sides | Project beyond drawer sides | Yes |
Double bead |
43 |
Chest of drawers | Private collection | |
|
None | Carved |
Curved to conform to case sides | Flush with drawer sides | Yes |
Double bead |
- |
Chest of drawers | Private collection | |
|
"Bottom" in chalk on bottom board | Carved |
Curved to conform to case sides | Flush with drawer sides | No |
Double bead |