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Pre-Revolutionary\": \"John Skillin's statement, 'I am not applied to engage in Business other ways,' suggests that he may have turned to cabinetmaking at this time, as tradition has declared."},{"label":"Subjects (AAT)","value":["Chests of drawers"]},{"label":"Subjects","value":["Chests"]},{"label":"Bibliography","value":"Article: \"The Editor's Attic: John Skillin as Cabinetmaker,\" Antiques 26, no. 1 (July 1934): 7."},{"label":"History of Ownership","value":"Descended in the Skillin family, from John and his wife, Mary, to their daughter, Ruth, who married Herman Mann. Ruth and Herman had a daughter name Frances. Frances remained single and upon her death, bequeathed the chest to her grand-nephew George B. Lord, the owner of the object as of 1934."},{"label":"Associated Objects","value":"DAPC number 1970-0239 was erroneously assigned to this piece."},{"label":"Description","value":"Chippendale-style chest of drawers made of mahogany.  The serpentine top board overhangs the case front and sides and has molded edges. The case holds four graduated drawers, each with one keyhole flanked by bail pulls attached to circular brass plates. The base has decorative, stepped molding. The legs are ogee bracket feet and terminate in ball-and-claw feet."},{"label":"Date Digitized","value":"7/20/2018"},{"label":"Materials","value":"Mahogany; Brass"},{"label":"Style","value":["Chippendale"]},{"label":"Basis of Date","value":"Date based on characteristics of design and construction."},{"label":"Date (EDTF)","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1765 - D:00 M:00 Y:1790"},{"label":"Basis of Origin","value":"Skillin was active in Boston as a carver and cabinetmaker about 1775. Believed by J.J. Evans to have several strong New Hampshire characteristics (1968)."},{"label":"Place of Origin","value":"Boston, Massachusetts; New Hampshire"},{"label":"Basis of Maker Attribution","value":"Attribution to the Skillins based on provenance. According to J.J. Evans, the chest descended in the family of John Skillin of Boston and may have been made by him, but more evidence is needed for a more certain attribution (1968). Similarities in the carving of the chest and the carving on a blockfront desk and bookcase attributed to Simeon Skillin, Sr., and formerly owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art further supports the claim."},{"label":"Maker","value":["Skillin, Simeon, Jr., carver, 1757-1806, active 1780-1800","Skillin, John, carver, 1746-1800, active about 1765-1800"]},{"label":"Object Type","value":["Chest of drawers"]},{"label":"Object Use","value":"Case furniture"},{"label":"Category","value":"Furniture"},{"label":"Title","value":"Chest of drawers"},{"label":"Date Modified","value":"7/20/2018"}],"description":"Chest of drawers","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/a4b0e9a3-448d-4ec7-8c06-433b4fbc7fdf/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"dapc_1968-5236-001_overall","height":1306,"width":1500,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/dfa121af-6481-4481-9919-cba1e0936f76/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/dfa121af-6481-4481-9919-cba1e0936f76","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1306,"width":1500},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/a4b0e9a3-448d-4ec7-8c06-433b4fbc7fdf/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/dfa121af-6481-4481-9919-cba1e0936f76/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/a4b0e9a3-448d-4ec7-8c06-433b4fbc7fdf/canvas/_2","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"dapc_1968-5236-002_overall","height":1500,"width":1288,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/ac6fb437-0e5d-4744-81a6-c193d6923b36/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/ac6fb437-0e5d-4744-81a6-c193d6923b36","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2,4]}]},"height":1500,"width":1288},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/a4b0e9a3-448d-4ec7-8c06-433b4fbc7fdf/canvas/_2","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/ac6fb437-0e5d-4744-81a6-c193d6923b36/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/dfa121af-6481-4481-9919-cba1e0936f76/full/300,300/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/winterthur/iiif/logo"}