Jay Robert Stiefel
An Inventory of the Household Goods of John Head

American Furniture 2020

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  • Figure 1
    Figure 1

    “An Inventory of the Household Goods of John Head Sen. of the City of Philadelphia Decesed Appraisd by Tho. Maule & Joseph Chatham the 11th of 11mo 1754.” (Courtesy, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania.) 

  • Figure 2
    Figure 2

    High chest and dressing table, Philadelphia, 1726. Black walnut with hard pine and Atlantic white cedar. High chest: H. 64 1/2", W. 42", D. 23 1/4". Dressing table: H. 28 3/4", W. 33 1/2", 23 3/8". By the shop of John Head (1688–1754) and debited in his account book, p. 87 left, on June 14, 1726, to Caspar Wistar (1696–1752). (Courtesy, Philadelphia Museum of Art; photo, Gavin Ashworth.)