Chest-on-chest

Thomas Affleck

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This chest epitomizes the Chippendale style: classical architectural forms are dynamically juxtaposed with romantic, naturalistic ornament. On the basis of a 1772 entry in the ledger of William Logan, in whose family the chest descended, it has been attributed to the Scottish immigrant cabinetmaker Thomas Affleck and the carver James Reynolds.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art