About the Artwork
Bible Box
between 1680 and 1700
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American
American
Yellow pine, poplar
Overall: 8 7/8 × 17 1/4 × 27 inches (22.5 × 43.8 × 68.6 cm)
Furniture
American Art before 1950
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford
48.213
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Israel Sack
Edsel and Eleanor Ford
1948-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Comstock, H. American Furniture. New York, 1962, p. 29, no. 14 (ill.).
Fales, D. Jr. American Painted Furniture, 1660-1880. New York, 1972, p. 16.
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American, Bible Box, between 1680 and 1700, yellow pine, poplar. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, 48.213.
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