American, Kentucky, probably Bourbon County, Sugar Desk, about 1810, Cherry, poplar, other woods. 34 3/8 x 31 3/8 x 15 5/8 in. (87.3 x 79.7 x 39.7 cm.) (desk closed). Gift of Mrs. Hattie Bishop Speed, by exchange 1994.1

LOUISVILLE, KY.- The Speed Art Museum is pleased to host For Safekeeping: The Kentucky Sugar Chest, 1790-1850, on view at the Speed from October 9 through December 2, 2007. The first exhibition ever devoted to Kentucky sugar chests, this exhibition presents more than 40 outstanding examples of chests, desks and similar forms. One of America's most distinctive groups of furniture forms, sugar furniture (sugar chests, desks, boxes and related types), arose during the late eighteenth century on America's post-pioneer western frontier. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.org/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=21545