Chest

description:

oak chest with carving on top and bottom rails, that is continued on both ends.

references:

Exhibited in "The Woodworkers of Windsor: A Community of Furniture Craftsmen and their World 1635-1735," Historic Deerfield, Deerfield, MA 2003 and Windsor Historical Society, 2004. Reproduced in "Gathered and Preserved," PVMA, 1991, p.22. Deerfield Furniture forum tour of Memorial Hall, June 1990, "Probably descended from Nicholas Hoyt (d. 1655) came to Deerfield in 1682. Construction relates to house joinery of same time. Jonathan Hoyt (1688-1779) son of David purchased Old Indian House c. 1740."

provenance:

This chest descended in the Hoyt family, whose earliest known ancestor, Nicholas Hoyt, died in Windsor in 1655. His son, David Hoyt (1651-1704) was probably born in Windsor and migrated to Hatfield, Massachusetts, and then to Deerfield about 1682. It is entirely possible that David Hoyt carried the chest with him when he journeyed north from Windsor. It remained in the Hoyt family until it was given to PVMA sometime before 1886.

keywords:

Carpentry, Woodworking
Colonial English
Furniture
Indian House, Indian House Door
Local Craftsmen