Butternut Wood Chest of Drawers

c. 1938

Lon Cronk

Associated Names
Lon Cronk

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image depicts a wooden chest of drawers with four horizontal drawers, each featuring two brass oval handles. The chest is primarily brown with brass highlights in the handles and detailing. It stands on short legs with a slight outward curve at the feet, allowing for easy viewing from the front and side. The background is plain, off-white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink, and some heightening on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.5 x 24.8 cm (12 x 9 3/4 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 37"high; 28"wide; 19"deep

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.4691

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2015

  • Doss, Erika, Jerrold Hirsch, and Jean M. Burks. Kentucky by Design: The Decorative Arts and American Culture. Exh. cat. Frazier History Museum, Louisville, 2016: 70-73, no. 3, fig. 39.

Inscriptions

lower right in black ink: LON CRONK

Wikidata ID

Q64593296

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