FEDERAL EAGLE INLAID TALL CASE CLOCK Movement signed and dial painted by Christian Eby Case Attributed to George Dyer Manheim, Pennsylvania Circa 1800 Primary Wood: Cherry Secondary Woods: Tulip Poplar, Yellow Pine
BOWFRONT CHEST OF DRAWERS Inlaid with an Eagle on the Top New England, Likely Connecticut River Valley Circa 1810 Height: 35 inches, Width: 43 1/2 inches, Depth: 24 inches
Height: 96 1/4 inches Width: 19 3/4 inches Depth: 10 inches
Primary Wood: Cherry, Walnut banding Secondary Wood: White Pine Reference: The chest appears in American Art from American Collections , entry 53, page 28 and was exhibited in the corresponding show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The backboards are arranged in a stacked horizontal fashion as seen in clocks from central New Jersey, Delaware and Central Pennsylvania. See Philip D. Zimmerman, Delaware Clocks , for a discussion of this construction.
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