Alphonse Mattia
Skeletal Chest of Drawers

Skeletal Chest of Drawers
Skeletal Chest of Drawers
ArtistAmerican, 1947–2023
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Skeletal Chest of Drawers
Datec. 1968
MediumCherry
Dimensions53 3/8 × 30 × 24 3/8 in. (135.5 × 76.2 × 61.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Isabel Mattia and Annise Mattia, Mark Sfirri, Hank Gilpin, Jeremy Somerson and Emma Holliday, Wendy Evans Joseph, and Ronald Abramson
Object number2024.285
Non exposé

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Department
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; Isabel Mattia, Massachusetts, 2023; given to the MFAH, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
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Stamp on bottom of top drawer: 1 / OLD DOMINION/ PLYWODD CORPORATION / MAY 14 1968 / HOT RESIN BOND / BRISTOL, VIRGINIA

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