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English: Meta data from the Barnes Foundation follows:
On View: Room 13, North Wall
Attributed to John Bieber (American, 1763 - 1825)
American, Pennsylvania German
1789
Painted pine, brass
01.13.18
Overall: 30 3/16 x 52 1/2 x 23 1/2 in. (76.7 x 133.4 x 59.7 cm)
Currently on view
Public Domain Decorated chests like this one were made by German-speaking settlers in the rural counties of Pennsylvania. They were used as storage for household goods or personal belongings; they could also provide seating, which might explain the abraded paint on the top of this one. The designs decorating the surface (hearts, tulips, stars, geometric shapes) were imported from Europe and can be found in other kinds of Pennsylvania German folk art, including fraktur (decorated works on paper). Bibliography De Mazia, Violette. "The Barnes Foundation: The Display of Its Art Collection." Vistas 2, no. 2 (1981-1983): pl. 124 (installation). Dolkart, Judith F., Martha Lucy, and Derek Gillman. The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks. New York: Skira Rizzoli, 2012: 212-213, 215, 224. Fabian, Monroe H. The Pennsylvania-German Decorated Chest. Atglen, Pa: Schiffer Publications, Ltd., 2004: 47-49. Hornung, Clarence Pearson. Treasury of American Design: A Pictorial Survey of Popular Folk Arts Based Upon Watercolor Renderings in the Index of American Design at the National Gallery of Art. Vol. 2. New York: H. N. Abrams, 1972, 707, no. 2589. Minardi, Lisa. Drawn with Spirit: Pennsylvania German Fraktur from the Joan and Victor Johnson Collection. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2015: 23. Shaner, Richard H. "Bieber Family of Furniture Makers in Oley Valley." Historical Review of Berks County 71, no. 3 (Summer 2006): 123, ill., 124-126. |
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| Source | https://collection.barnesfoundation.org/objects/5244/Chest-over-Drawers/ |
| Author | John Beiber, 1789, Oley Valley (?), Pennsylvania (chest). Barnes Foundation (photo) |
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